Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 136
... guns had forced the surviving Germans to sur- render . My tank engineer and his men had been indefatigable . Our tanks were obsolete , and usually they were overloaded . The orews were inexperienced . Tank after tank would break down ...
... guns had forced the surviving Germans to sur- render . My tank engineer and his men had been indefatigable . Our tanks were obsolete , and usually they were overloaded . The orews were inexperienced . Tank after tank would break down ...
Page 155
... guns , of course , were instantly ready , this was rather too far off for a really certain and satisfactory shot at so low and slight an object - barely dis- tinguishable , indeed , as a sub- marine at all . There was also the necessity ...
... guns , of course , were instantly ready , this was rather too far off for a really certain and satisfactory shot at so low and slight an object - barely dis- tinguishable , indeed , as a sub- marine at all . There was also the necessity ...
Page 156
... guns ' crews , and met death in an instan- taneous salvo ! But what a pity it wasn't the periscope it so greatly resembled ! Shortly afterwards there came to us a second word of cheer from Kingstown . " Submarine seen 1 miles off Dalkey ...
... guns ' crews , and met death in an instan- taneous salvo ! But what a pity it wasn't the periscope it so greatly resembled ! Shortly afterwards there came to us a second word of cheer from Kingstown . " Submarine seen 1 miles off Dalkey ...
Page 222
... guns , but their chief defence was the stout hearts of Derry's citizens ; and those hearts were stout enough to hold them safely , not merely against the Irish rebels in the sixteen - forties , but against the guns of King of King ...
... guns , but their chief defence was the stout hearts of Derry's citizens ; and those hearts were stout enough to hold them safely , not merely against the Irish rebels in the sixteen - forties , but against the guns of King of King ...
Page 233
... gun some thousand yards or more , use it on the enemy , and drag it back again . Being at war , one had to ob- serve the results of the shoot- ing of the guns . After much practice the naval gunlayers appreciated the art of hitting some ...
... gun some thousand yards or more , use it on the enemy , and drag it back again . Being at war , one had to ob- serve the results of the shoot- ing of the guns . After much practice the naval gunlayers appreciated the art of hitting some ...
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