| 1. | The british had come upon the germans in some skirmishes at an outpost .
英军曾经在一个前哨据点同德军遭遇。 |
| 2. | The soundness of the english position had depended on their being victorious .
英军的稳固地位本是以胜利为基础的。 |
| 3. | With the help from france, the tables of war were gradually turned on the british .
在法国的帮助下，战局逐渐对英军不利。 |
| 4. | It remains only to recount the slender part which the british were able play .
至于英军所能起的微弱的作用，则有待后文补叙。 |
| 5. | General penney commanding the british first division was anxious to push inland .
指挥英军第一师的彭尼将军迫切地希望向内地推进。 |
| 6. | Within two weeks the enemy was in headlong flight to the westward, hotly pursued by the victorious british .
两星期后，敌人向西溃败，英军乘胜直追。 |
| 7. | The enemy did, within a short time, begin a series of savage local attacks against the british first army in the north .
但不久敌人又发动了一连串向北部英军第一军团凶猛的局部攻击。 |
| 8. | Here three british brigades stood until the afternoon of the 22nd, and in this neighbourhood repulsed various attacks .
英军的这三个旅在这里一直坚持到22日下午，在附近地区击退了敌人多次的进攻。 |
| 9. | Another was chief justice metcalf bowler of rhode island who secretly passed on information to the british commander, sir henry clinton .
另外一个是罗德岛的首席法官麦卡夫包勒尔，这人曾把情报秘密地传递给英军司令亨利克林顿爵士。 |
