古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
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after the battle of austerlitz, which left napoleon the uncontested master of europe, napoleon's words to his troops were full of praise: "soldiers, i am pleased with you!" he provided two million golden francs to the higher officers, 200 francs to each soldier, and gave large pensions to the widows of the fallen. orphaned children were adopted by napoleon personally and were allowed to add "napoleon" to their names.

upon receiving news of the devastating defeat suffered by the coalition forces, british prime minister william pitt pointed to a large map of europe on the wall. "roll up that map," he ordered. "it will not be wanted these ten years." his prediction was perfect; napoleon was defeated at waterloo ten years later.