Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 257William Blackwood, 1945 - England |
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Page 123
... watch , and the Third Officer relieved me for a bit while I went below . A few moments later I got a message from the Captain , and went up to his cabin . His quarters were good : they occupied the whole of the deck - house under the ...
... watch , and the Third Officer relieved me for a bit while I went below . A few moments later I got a message from the Captain , and went up to his cabin . His quarters were good : they occupied the whole of the deck - house under the ...
Page 127
... Watch in 1883 at the age of twenty - one . The pay was poor , the instructors chased you until you almost dropped ... Watch , you won't be gentlemen anywhere . " I suppose he was referring to the time when the ' private men ' of the ...
... Watch in 1883 at the age of twenty - one . The pay was poor , the instructors chased you until you almost dropped ... Watch , you won't be gentlemen anywhere . " I suppose he was referring to the time when the ' private men ' of the ...
Page 128
... Watch , and he knew a deal about boats . And what he didn't know was supplied by his tremendous common - sense . Well , after the usual delays , we got going on the river expedition at last , and an astonishing sight it was . There were ...
... Watch , and he knew a deal about boats . And what he didn't know was supplied by his tremendous common - sense . Well , after the usual delays , we got going on the river expedition at last , and an astonishing sight it was . There were ...
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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