When the wounded from Dalton brought in garbled accounts of Old Joe's retreat to Resaca, Atlanta was surprised and a little disturbed.

可是，伤兵们从多尔顿带来了众说纷纭的消息，说老约将军的部队撤退到雷萨卡，这使亚特兰大人大为吃惊，并引起了一点点慌乱。

They reached the little town of Calhoun, six miles below Resaca, ahead of the Yankees, entrenched and were again ready for the attack when the Yankees came up.

他们抢在北军之前到达雷萨卡以南六英里的卡尔洪小镇，立即挖了战壕，只等北方佬一来就发起攻击。

With those precious twin lines of iron in danger, the Confederates left their desperately defended rifle pits and, under the starlight, made a forced march to Resaca by the short, direct road.

既然铁路面临被切断的危险，南部联盟军便立即离开死守的战壕，星夜抄近路向雷萨卡急速挺进。

Oh, no! Surely not just four months. It had been a lifetime. Four months ago! Why, four months ago Dalton, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain had been to her only names of places on the railroad.

四个月以前啊！怎么，四个月以前，多尔顿、雷萨卡和肯尼萨山对她还仅仅是铁路沿线上一些地方的名字呢。