Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 56
... enemy's searchlights . Umph - Flying Corps , I expect . The voice gave me such a start that I knocked over the bedside table , and a collection of medicine bottles and glasses orashed on the floor with a fearsome noise . " Umph- -nerves ...
... enemy's searchlights . Umph - Flying Corps , I expect . The voice gave me such a start that I knocked over the bedside table , and a collection of medicine bottles and glasses orashed on the floor with a fearsome noise . " Umph- -nerves ...
Page 67
... enemy . Eventually we turned back in disgust ; negative information frequently is more useful to the Staff than positive infor- mation , but the collecting of it is a very uninteresting task for the observer . The Old ' Un seemed very ...
... enemy . Eventually we turned back in disgust ; negative information frequently is more useful to the Staff than positive infor- mation , but the collecting of it is a very uninteresting task for the observer . The Old ' Un seemed very ...
Page 125
... enemy . We were inclined to scoff at the thought -the situation was then none too favourable but staff- officers , though mysterious , were decidedly insistent . We did not expect , in consequence , to be employed until this boasted ...
... enemy . We were inclined to scoff at the thought -the situation was then none too favourable but staff- officers , though mysterious , were decidedly insistent . We did not expect , in consequence , to be employed until this boasted ...
Page 128
... enemy had been shelling Amiens , four miles from our railhead , with slow deliberation - vast explosions re - echoing among the wretched houses . We drove through the suburbs of the city , silent as a Sunday morning in London . Every ...
... enemy had been shelling Amiens , four miles from our railhead , with slow deliberation - vast explosions re - echoing among the wretched houses . We drove through the suburbs of the city , silent as a Sunday morning in London . Every ...
Page 129
... enemy knew of the numberless tanks moving forward softly , the thousands of guns which had never yet spoken , the Canadian Divisions hastening to the attack . But the night passed quietly . There was only one brief flurry of gun - fire ...
... enemy knew of the numberless tanks moving forward softly , the thousands of guns which had never yet spoken , the Canadian Divisions hastening to the attack . But the night passed quietly . There was only one brief flurry of gun - fire ...
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