But they did want to prevent him from reaching Beauregard. Johnston knew he could not defeat Patterson.
约翰斯顿知道，他难以抵御帕特森，所以，他决定用计骗帕特森。
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General Beauregard received early warning from Confederate spies that McDowell would attack. Much of his information came from a woman, Missus Rose o 'neal Greenhow.
包瑞德将军很早就从南方的间谍那得知麦克道尔将要对其发动进攻，他所得到的消息更多来自于一位女士，这位女士叫罗斯·奥尼尔·格林豪(Rose o ' Neal Greenhow)太太。
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The yankees may be scared of us but after the way general beauregard shelled them out of fort sumter day before yesterday they'll have to fight or stand bra nded as cowards before the whole world.