The last time a midwife announced "It's a girl", the Napoleonic war was still being fought, the motorcar was yet to be invented, and "mad" King George III was on the English throne.

上一次产婆宣布“生了个女孩”的时候，还是拿破仑战争时期，那时候人们还没发明汽车，“疯癫的”君主乔治三世还在位统治英国。

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I first discovered the Napoleonic cryptographic battle a few years ago when I was reading Sir Charles Oman's epic History of the Peninsular War.

几年前，我在阅读查尔斯·奥曼爵士的恢弘巨著《半岛战争史》时，第一次发现了拿破仑时期的密码战。

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The war of Spanish Independence started in 1808 with the invasion by French Napoleonic troops and lasted until 1814, when the French were defeated and expelled from the country.

西班牙独立战争始于1808年法国拿破仑大军入侵，之后持续至1814年法军被击败退并赶出这个国家为止。

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William Pitt the Younger, however, discovered the downside of discounted bonds when he tried to reduce the national debt during the lull between the American war and the Napoleonic wars.

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Other historians have often been less than kind regarding Pitt's ability to wage war against revolutionary and Napoleonic France.

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The British income tax had been 10% during the Napoleonic Wars and 6.6% during the Crimean War.

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