果脯这个可能完全是误写。。包括不得人心这些演义式的东西。还有,那本书作者借用的资料不能引出来吗?
我把违纪那部分粘贴下吧。
Battle of Nalapani
Gillespie’s Army entered Dehradun well before the declaration of war. When bal Bhadra Kunwar, commander of the Royal Nepalese Army defences there, heard of the approach of the British Army and its size, he realized that it would be impossible to defend the city. He withdrew from Dehradun and moved his six hundred men, mainly of Purano Gorakh Batallion including dependents to a hill northeast of the city, where he took up position in the small fort of Khalanga. Bal Bhadra Kunwar The first British attack on Nalapani took place on 31st October, the day befor the official declaration of war Gillespie’s plan was to storm the fort from three sides. Under cover of fire, pioneers swarmed up to the walls, only to be cut down by the fearsome blast of Bal Bhadra’s cannon. Gilespie’s men fell back. Bravely, but perhaps a bit foolishly, Gilespie moved forward to rally his men but a Royal Nepalese Army marksman got him. Marley and Wood never really recovered from the shock of Gillespie’s death, and even with very substantial reinforcements they could not be brought to engage the Royal Nepalese Army in their respective areas of responsibility. Major Mawbey, who was next in command at Nalapani, after reinforcement, bombarded the fort and breached the wall. The British forces then tried to storm the breach, but hesitated when they found their way blocked by sharpened bamboo sticks. The Royal Nepalese Army troops fired on the attackers and drove them off. The day ended with the British withdrawing. British casualties for the day mounted to over five hundred men dead and wounded. And still Bal Bhadra held his position. Mawbey then instructed his by now strongly reinforced gunners to fire into the fort, and he sent scouts out to discover the fort's water sources. The water supply was finally blocked, and the Nepalese were forced to evacuate the fort on 30 November, but Bal Bhadra and some seventy of his men were able to cut their way through and escape into the hills. This battle more than any other established the Warrior reputation of the Gorkhalis. Balbhadra and his 600 had held against the might of the British/native troops for a month. Gen Gillipsie had been killed even with only 70 remaining survivors after his water source had been cut off, Balbhadra refused to surrender, instead charging out and successfully hacking their way through the seige. It set the tone for the rest of the campaign. Today too British made memorials still stand in Nalapani. One in the honour of Gillespie but the other, in the highest traditions of the British Army, in honoury "Our brave adversaus Bul Buddur (Bal Bhadra) and his gallant men".
主将死后,副将带人接着打,大炮轰开缺口,但英军的突进遭遇了尼泊尔人设置的一些障碍(竹刺),遂有后来的断绝水源取城。行动过程未受主将牺牲的影响。 |