Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 205William Blackwood, 1919 - England |
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... valleys ran in the direction we should be travelling , and if we did reach the coast , it was pos- sible that we might get in touch with one of the islands in Allied hands . Having made up our minds , we sent code messages home to find ...
... valleys ran in the direction we should be travelling , and if we did reach the coast , it was pos- sible that we might get in touch with one of the islands in Allied hands . Having made up our minds , we sent code messages home to find ...
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... valleys , and from one such spur we obtained our first sight of the town of Yozgad . Unprepossessing it looked lying in a valley surrounded by barren hills : a few poplars here and there , the usual timber - built houses , a few mosques ...
... valleys , and from one such spur we obtained our first sight of the town of Yozgad . Unprepossessing it looked lying in a valley surrounded by barren hills : a few poplars here and there , the usual timber - built houses , a few mosques ...
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... valleys , ravines , and ourving downs are absorbed in one flat plain , strangely patterned with dull brown and yellow and green shapes , with Isle of Thanet coast from Birchington to Ramsgate . I 1919. ] 61 " Green Balls . "
... valleys , ravines , and ourving downs are absorbed in one flat plain , strangely patterned with dull brown and yellow and green shapes , with Isle of Thanet coast from Birchington to Ramsgate . I 1919. ] 61 " Green Balls . "
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... valley that lay west of a stretch of tree - stumps and scrubby undergrowth - rem- nants of what was a thick leafy wood before the hurri- cane bombardments of July 1916. D Battery had pulled their six hows . into the valley ; the three ...
... valley that lay west of a stretch of tree - stumps and scrubby undergrowth - rem- nants of what was a thick leafy wood before the hurri- cane bombardments of July 1916. D Battery had pulled their six hows . into the valley ; the three ...
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... valley from our point of view of Boche shell- ing , and many more shells whizzed shrilly over our heads before the night was out . Half an hour after we had fallen asleep an orderly woke me with a " secret " communi- cation that gave ...
... valley from our point of view of Boche shell- ing , and many more shells whizzed shrilly over our heads before the night was out . Half an hour after we had fallen asleep an orderly woke me with a " secret " communi- cation that gave ...
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ahead Allies Army arrived asked attack batteries boat Boche Bolsheviks bombs Boots brigade British Captain coast Cochrane colonel Commander Congress of Vienna D Battery dark destroyers diving E boat enemy engines eyes feet fighting fire French front German Grunt guns half hand head heard Hindenburg Line horses hour huts infantry Johnny knew land leave light look machine Major Veasey ment mess miles minutes morning Mosul move never night Nisibin Nissen hut Nobby officers once Ostend Ovaltine party passed patrol peace periscope pilot plough prisoners ravine road round Salonica seemed seen sent sheep shells ship side sight signal soldier submarine tanks thing thought tion told took torpedo trawlers troops Turkish Turks turned U-boats valley versts village waggon walked War Office watch Yozgad