Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 257William Blackwood, 1945 - England |
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... advance posts were some three thousand yards away , but as the ground was completely flat , on a clear day one could quite easily see them . Neither side took the least notice of the other , and went about their morning tasks . Water ...
... advance posts were some three thousand yards away , but as the ground was completely flat , on a clear day one could quite easily see them . Neither side took the least notice of the other , and went about their morning tasks . Water ...
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... advance had themselves taken part in their own advance in 1940 . How different must their feelings have been then - and now ! or do they have no feelings ? I cannot believe this . They may be so trained and disciplined as to hide ...
... advance had themselves taken part in their own advance in 1940 . How different must their feelings have been then - and now ! or do they have no feelings ? I cannot believe this . They may be so trained and disciplined as to hide ...
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... advances stemmed at last , both in Russia and in the Western Desert . In that year Stalingrad and El Alamein showed ... advance . Meantime , in Britain , ships of the second and third North African convoys were loading at the docksides ...
... advances stemmed at last , both in Russia and in the Western Desert . In that year Stalingrad and El Alamein showed ... advance . Meantime , in Britain , ships of the second and third North African convoys were loading at the docksides ...
Contents
A COLONEL OF THE FRONTIER FORCE BY LIEUT COLONEL | 73 |
AN INFANTRY OFFICER WITH THE EIGHTH ARMYI XII | 91 |
SIC TRANSIT BY A M G | 108 |
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