Their ultimate aim was to defeat the enemy in standard battles,

他们终极目标是在正规战争中击败敌军
which finally they did in

这一点他们最后在
Italy, Spain, and Africa.

意大利西班牙和非洲都实现了
Delbruck's comparison with Frederick's strategy

德尔布吕克把伯里克利的战略比作腓特烈大帝的战略
seems to me no less faulty.

在我看来大错特错
The Prussian monarch was driven to it by combat losses

普鲁士国王是由于两年多来的阵地战损失过大
in set battles fought over two years and

已经走投无路了
by the absence of any alternative.

才不得不高挂免战牌
He needed to avoid battle to survive.

他需要避免战争以求自保
Only good fortune,

只有好运气
not calculated war plans could save him.

才是解救他们的良方而不是精心策划的战争
Britain came to his aid with financial assistance

英国给了他财政援助拉了他一把