46.It was also,and this is unknown even to many people well read about the period, a battle between those who made codes and those who broke them.
這也是一場密碼的制定者和破解者之間的戰爭,甚至許多對這一時期有深入了解的人都不知道這一點。
47.It listed many documents in code that had been captured from the French army of Spain, and whose secrets had been revealed by the work of ""one George Scovell, an officer in British headquarters.
它列出了許多從西班牙的法國軍隊中繳獲的密碼文件,這些文件的秘密被一個叫喬治-斯科
威爾的英國總部官員的工作所揭示。
48.he could not analyze carefully what this obscure officer may or may not have contributed to that great struggle between nations or indeed tell us anything much about the man himself. 他無法仔細分析這位默默無聞的軍官是否可能對那場國家間的偉大斗爭做出什么貢獻,也無法告訴我們關于他本人的任何情況。
49. There may have been many spies and intelligence officers during the Napoleonic Wars,but it is usually extremely difficult to find the material they actually provided or worked on
拿破侖戰爭期間可能有許多間諜和情報人員,但通常很難找到他們實際提供的或處理的材料。
50.Just as the code breaking has its wider relevance in the struggle for Spain.so his attempts to make his way up the promotion ladder speak volumes about British society.