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Nonetheless, it seemed that the prince couldn't put a foot wrong.
盡管如此 看起來(lái)王子并沒(méi)有走錯(cuò)一步
When his army faced the Hanoverians at the Battle of Prestonpans,
他的軍隊(duì)在普雷斯頓潘一戰(zhàn) 與漢諾威王朝的正規(guī)軍狹路相逢
they won a resounding victory.
大獲全勝
At Holyroodhouse,debate raged as to what to do next.
而在好萊路德宮 勝方正為下一步棋該怎么走而爭(zhēng)論不休
The Highland chiefs, sceptical of finding support in England,
高地的首領(lǐng)認(rèn)為很難在英格蘭得到擁護(hù)
advised Charles to make the Stuarts masters of the north,but to go no further.
于是建議查爾斯加冕斯圖亞特北方之王 且就此止步
But for Charles, nothing less than a conquest of England would do and he won the day by a single vote.
然而對(duì)查爾斯而言 沒(méi)什么比征服英格蘭更重要了 他以一票的微弱優(yōu)勢(shì)通過(guò)了自己的提案
The Jacobites were on their way south.
詹姆斯二世黨人即將南征
In rapid succession, Carlisle, Lancaster, Preston and Manchester
卡萊爾 蘭開(kāi)斯特 普林斯頓 曼徹斯特紛紛投戈
all fell to the prince's army without a shot being fired in their defence.
未費(fèi)一兵一卒 便臣服于王子軍腳下
With the Jacobites approaching Derby at the beginning of December
12月初 當(dāng)詹姆斯二世黨軍逼近德比時(shí)
and the bulk of His Majesty's forces of fighting in Europe,
國(guó)王軍主力仍在歐洲戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)脫身不得
there was something close to pandemonium in London and the south.
倫敦與南方幾乎成為煉獄
There was a run on the Bank of England and all the shops in London closed.
英格蘭銀行上演擠兌風(fēng)波 倫敦的店鋪紛紛關(guān)門(mén)
The handful of soldiers left to protect the capital were not,
留守首都的少量士兵
shall we say, of the kind of calibre to inspire much confidence.
可以說(shuō) 根本無(wú)心出戰(zhàn)
