佩尔汉姆战役250周年重演在纽约布朗克斯 Orchard Beach 上演
纽约讯——位于纽约州布朗克斯县的纽约市，为纪念美国独立战争佩尔汉姆战役（Battle of Pelham，又称佩尔点战役）爆发250周年，一场历史重演10月18日（周日）在纽约州纽约市布朗克斯的 Orchard Beach 上演，现场聚集了大批观众。
重演约在上午10点开始：帆船 Lynx 号在海滩外海鸣炮，身穿红色制服的英军乘小船登岸，人数处于劣势的爱国者部队在草地上鸣枪迎击。交战场景的背景中，还可见纽约市公园部门的标识和长长的木板路。
历史上的佩尔汉姆战役发生在1776年10月18日，实际战场据信位于现今 Pelham Manor 一带，距重演地点约一英里；当年威彻斯特县的范围更往南，涵盖今天布朗克斯的部分地区。据历史记载，上校 John Glover 率领约800名大陆军士兵，面对近4000名英军与黑森雇佣军，依托石墙层层阻击。
这场阻击为 George Washington 争取了时间，使其率大陆军主力避开英军、穿越威彻斯特北撤。此前英军在布鲁克林与曼哈顿一带对美军取得大胜，美军约300人阵亡、800人受伤。（GSM 据 lohud.com 报道）
Battle of Pelham Reenacted at Orchard Beach in the Bronx for Its 250th Anniversary
NEW YORK — New York City is a city in Bronx County, New York. A reenactment marking the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War's Battle of Pelham, also known as the Battle of Pell's Point, was staged on Sunday, October 18, at Orchard Beach in the Bronx, New York City, New York, before a large crowd of spectators.
The reenactment got under way at about 10 a.m.: the tall ship Lynx fired its cannon offshore, red-coated British soldiers boated ashore, and outnumbered Patriot regiments fired muskets to try to repel them across the grassy expanse, with a New York City Parks Department sign and the long boardwalk visible in the background.
The original battle was fought on October 18, 1776, and is believed to have taken place in what is now Pelham Manor, about a mile from the reenactment site; at the time, Westchester County extended farther south and included parts of today's Bronx. Historical accounts describe Colonel John Glover and roughly 800 Continental soldiers delaying nearly 4,000 British and Hessian troops from a series of stone-wall positions.
The stand bought time for George Washington to evade the British and move his army north through Westchester. It followed heavy American losses in Brooklyn and Manhattan, where about 300 Americans had been killed and 800 wounded. (GSM, based on lohud.com)
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图片来源：纽约布朗克斯 Pelham Bay Park 的 Orchard Beach 空拍（资料图）。Bebo2good1 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons 发布。/ Aerial view of Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx, New York. Photo by Bebo2good1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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