Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 239William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 223
... less than eight pounds a ton for coal - bunker coal ! I can- not vouch for any connection , but it was significant that we were the last commission on the Station . One shudders to think what the four light cruisers of our squadron cost ...
... less than eight pounds a ton for coal - bunker coal ! I can- not vouch for any connection , but it was significant that we were the last commission on the Station . One shudders to think what the four light cruisers of our squadron cost ...
Page 373
... less perfect road , through more perfect country . " Back again , " George William seemed to purr , " and never a puncture for eight hundred miles . " Past fields of flowers , and villages nestling round green spires , and single ...
... less perfect road , through more perfect country . " Back again , " George William seemed to purr , " and never a puncture for eight hundred miles . " Past fields of flowers , and villages nestling round green spires , and single ...
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... less than 40,000 of all ranks , and to this number the Turks could oppose less than 15,000 regular troops . The appeals of Williams for adequate ammunition had been practically unheeded , and no one in Kars seemed to have any definite ...
... less than 40,000 of all ranks , and to this number the Turks could oppose less than 15,000 regular troops . The appeals of Williams for adequate ammunition had been practically unheeded , and no one in Kars seemed to have any definite ...
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BLACKWOODS | 1 |
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A BACKWASH OF WAR BY MAJOR GEORGE BRUCE | 44 |
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