英法战争(The War between Britain and France).docVIP

英法战争(The War between Britain and France) 　　in the late eighteenth entur, battles raged in alst ever rner f eurpe, as ell as in the iddle east, suth afria, the est indies, and latin aeria in realit, hever, there as nl ne ar ar during this tie, the ar beteen britain and frane all ther battles ere anillar t this larger nflit, and ere ften at least partiall related t its antagnists’ gals and strategies frane sught ttal dinatin f eurpe this gal as bstruted b british independene and britain’s effrts thrughut the ntinent t thart naplen; thrugh treaties, britain built alitins (nt dissiilar in nept t tda’s nat) guaranteeing british partiipatin in all ar eurpean nflits these t antagnists ere prl athed, insfar as the had ver unequal strengths: frane as predinant n land, britain at sea the frenh ne that, shrt f defeating the british nav, their nl hpe f vitr as t lse all the prts f eurpe t british ships 　　ardingl, frane set ut t vere britain b extending its ilitar dinatin fr s t lisbn, fr utland t alabria all f this entailed treendus ris, beause frane did nt have the ilitar resures t ntrl this uh territr and still prtet itself and aintain rder at he 　　frenh strategists alulated that a nav f 10 ships uld prvide the fre neessar t defeat the british nav suh a fre uld give frane a three-t-t advantage ver britain this advantage as deeed neessar beause f britain’s superir sea sills and tehnlg, and als beause britain uld be fighting a defensive ar, alling it t in ith feer fres naplen never lst sight f his gal, beause britain represented the last substantial ipedient t his ntrl f eurpe as his fre neared that gal, naplen gre inreasingl ipatient and began planning an iediate atta 　　英法战争 　　在18世纪后期，战争爆发于欧洲大陆的几乎每一个角落，在中东、南非、西印度群岛、拉丁美洲亦都是如此。 然而实际上，在这一时期只有一场主要的战争，那就是英法之间的战争。 所有其他战争都服从于这一更大的争端，至少是与这两个对手的目标和战略有某些关联。 法国力图统治整个欧洲，而英国的自主及其力图在整个欧洲大陆挫败拿破仑的种种努力都是法国实现这一目标的障碍。英国通过条约建立了联盟(和今天北约的概念没有什么不同)以保证英国插手所有欧洲的主要争端。 这两个对头并不是一对好对手，因为他们的力量极不均衡：法兰西在陆地上称王，英格兰则在海上称霸。 法国人明白，如果不能击败英国海军，他们胜利的唯一希望就是让欧洲的所有港口都对