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。
不神圣的十字军
the word"crusade" now usually has positive overtones which, however, bear no relation to historical events. the first crusade, for instance, resulted in the capture of jerusalem in july 1099 and the massacre of around 40,000 unarmed civilians in the city.
at the time, the crusaders viewed this act of genocide as a glorious victory. the following account by raymond d'aguiliers, an eyewitness of the first crusade and one of its most important chroniclers, is very revealing:"now that our men had possession of the walls and towers, wonderful sights were to be seen. some of our men cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot them with arrows; others tortured them longer by casting them into the flames. piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen in the streets.... it was a just and splendid judgment of god that this place should be filled with unbelivers' blood."
