Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 209W. Blackwood, 1921 - England |
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Page 23
... person . " Even if I don't get to the camp I'll manage somehow to intercept the lorry , " he said . At his suggestion I scribbled on a page torn from my note- book a few lines of explanation and recommendation to the officer in command ...
... person . " Even if I don't get to the camp I'll manage somehow to intercept the lorry , " he said . At his suggestion I scribbled on a page torn from my note- book a few lines of explanation and recommendation to the officer in command ...
Page 30
... person , not a head of cattle , was to be seen . It was when we were cross- ing this plain that suddenly a volley was fired at us from men concealed in the brushwood and rocks of a small hill near by . The range was a long one , and ...
... person , not a head of cattle , was to be seen . It was when we were cross- ing this plain that suddenly a volley was fired at us from men concealed in the brushwood and rocks of a small hill near by . The range was a long one , and ...
Page 41
... persons well mounted and gaily dressed , with their bright sad- dles of every variety of coloured cloth and silk adding to a scene already brilliantly picturesque . In the centre are some 800 infantry with a strong support of tribal ...
... persons well mounted and gaily dressed , with their bright sad- dles of every variety of coloured cloth and silk adding to a scene already brilliantly picturesque . In the centre are some 800 infantry with a strong support of tribal ...
Page 44
... person to be avoided . Their folly lost them the day . Had Si Abder- rahman ben Sedira been behind the guns on Saturday , Raisuli's house , and probably Raisuli and most of his followers , would have been destroyed . The proof , if one ...
... person to be avoided . Their folly lost them the day . Had Si Abder- rahman ben Sedira been behind the guns on Saturday , Raisuli's house , and probably Raisuli and most of his followers , would have been destroyed . The proof , if one ...
Page 68
... war- time , was unheard - of baseness , and he would never accept the help of such a person . In a day or two he would learn the ropes , and then they would 66 CHAPTER IX . - OVER THE TOP . 68 [ Jan. On Hazardous Service .
... war- time , was unheard - of baseness , and he would never accept the help of such a person . In a day or two he would learn the ropes , and then they would 66 CHAPTER IX . - OVER THE TOP . 68 [ Jan. On Hazardous Service .
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