Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 2
... guns loaded , our fingers ( so to speak ) on the triggers . The ceaseless watch was never interrupted , not even by the diversification due to the holding - up of ships - this latter a daily and a nightly proceed- ing , undertaken ...
... guns loaded , our fingers ( so to speak ) on the triggers . The ceaseless watch was never interrupted , not even by the diversification due to the holding - up of ships - this latter a daily and a nightly proceed- ing , undertaken ...
Page 4
... gun - trial outside the Bar lightship , which passed us sound as regards guns and fittings : a last letter home in the mysteriously veiled lan- guage that later became so easy and expected - and we were away ! The then un- accustomed ...
... gun - trial outside the Bar lightship , which passed us sound as regards guns and fittings : a last letter home in the mysteriously veiled lan- guage that later became so easy and expected - and we were away ! The then un- accustomed ...
Page 113
... guns and nets and dogs , but here the only visitor is the grass - cutter or the cow- herd with his buffaloes , so , save for our visits , Pig Island remains a peaceful sanctuary . The going is rather above the average of pig - sticking ...
... guns and nets and dogs , but here the only visitor is the grass - cutter or the cow- herd with his buffaloes , so , save for our visits , Pig Island remains a peaceful sanctuary . The going is rather above the average of pig - sticking ...
Page 128
... guns . The roads at night were blocked with thick traffic . By day the roads were empty , the railheads free -our " back area as quiet as the front of the XIth Corps in the summer of '16 . We hoped feverishly that we should have better ...
... guns . The roads at night were blocked with thick traffic . By day the roads were empty , the railheads free -our " back area as quiet as the front of the XIth Corps in the summer of '16 . We hoped feverishly that we should have better ...
Page 129
... guns which had never yet spoken , the Canadian Divisions hastening to the attack . But the night passed quietly . There was only one brief flurry of gun - fire , when the irrepressible Austra- lians raided to discover if the enemy ...
... guns which had never yet spoken , the Canadian Divisions hastening to the attack . But the night passed quietly . There was only one brief flurry of gun - fire , when the irrepressible Austra- lians raided to discover if the enemy ...
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