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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the battle of pavia in 1525, between the french and the spanish, marked the end of the supremacy of the armoured knight in the face of cannon and firearms. during the battle many heavily armoured french knights met unpleasant ends at the hands of spanish fusiliers. la tremoille was particularly unfortunate. a spaniard lifted the iron flaps guarding his thighs and thrust in an arquebus, blowing him to pieces inside his armour. saint-severin, the master of the french king's horseguards, had the top of his head severed by a sword blow but remanined fixed in his saddle, while his horse raced madly about. his body was riddled with over a hundred shots but nothing could dislodge him. the superstitious spanish soldiers crossed themselves in fear as the indestructible frenchman rode by.

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