He served with distinction with the Royal Artillery in France, sicily and Italy, and was mentioned in dispatches
他随皇家炮兵部队在法国、西西里岛和意大利作战，表现突出，受到过通报嘉奖。

Aeschylus traveled to Sicily once or twice in the 470s BC, having been invited by Hieron, tyrant of Syracuse, a major Greek city on the eastern side of the island.
埃斯库罗斯多次受邀去西西里岛，前473年，对手之ㄧ的诗人西摩尼得斯过世，埃斯库罗斯在酒神节获选为年度最受喜爱作家，几乎在所有诗人比赛中都囊括首奖。