Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 286W. Blackwood, 1959 - England |
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Page 208
... told me by a sapper friend in Movements ' who in May 1940 had been sent home to persuade an incredulous War Office that it was necessary to evacuate the B.E.F. from Dunkirk . " They simply wouldn't listen , " he told me . " Hadn't we ...
... told me by a sapper friend in Movements ' who in May 1940 had been sent home to persuade an incredulous War Office that it was necessary to evacuate the B.E.F. from Dunkirk . " They simply wouldn't listen , " he told me . " Hadn't we ...
Page 493
... told me his name was Jock McKay , that he came frae Inverrrness , ' and ' didn't go a bundle on bein ' stuck in this God - forsaken country . ' I asked him about the unit , and tried to picture him in the kilt . But he was too small , I ...
... told me his name was Jock McKay , that he came frae Inverrrness , ' and ' didn't go a bundle on bein ' stuck in this God - forsaken country . ' I asked him about the unit , and tried to picture him in the kilt . But he was too small , I ...
Page 519
... told the men to line up and come to him in turn with a cup of tea . Slowly they filed past him , and into each cup he put a spoonful of his powder , and stirred it up well before the tea was drunk . I noticed that , from under the brim ...
... told the men to line up and come to him in turn with a cup of tea . Slowly they filed past him , and into each cup he put a spoonful of his powder , and stirred it up well before the tea was drunk . I noticed that , from under the brim ...
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ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER BY R R MONEY | 33 |
SOME GEORGE CROSS ISLANDERS BY J P MAURICE | 96 |
BWANAS MOON BY DAVID WILSON FLETCHER | 160 |
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