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。
泥 炭 攻 城
during the dutch revolt against spain in 1590 the dutch leader, count maurice, captured the strategically important city of breda with a variation on the idea of the trojan horse.
learining that boats carrying peat were admitted to the castle at breda without being searched, maurice sought one of his father's own servants who operated a peat boat and persuaded him to carry only three loads of peat instead of the nine he usually delivered to the garrison. secreted under the layers of peat were some eighty picked soldiers under the command of a captain heraugieres. on 21 february the boat entered the castle without arousing suspicion. after midnight the surface layers of peat were pulled aside and out crept the dutch soldiers. they seized the castle at a rush and signalled to maurice's main forces, which advanced to capture the city.
