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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conditions for fighting on the western front in the first world war were often very bad, particularly in the region of flanders where the british troops were based. in 1917, when the british attacked the german line, the drainage system broke down and the whole area was flooded. the artillery shells churned the ground up into liquid mud. a party of british soldiers passing up to the front line found a man bogged down to above the knees. the united efforts of four of them with rifles beneath his armpits made not the slightest impression, and to dig was impossible, for there was no foothold. duty compelled them to move on.
