Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 125
... position immediately in the rear of the trenches . Then came the great German offensive , and they were swept back to Amiens , losing on the way the majority of their tanks , because the bridges over the Somme were destroyed be- fore ...
... position immediately in the rear of the trenches . Then came the great German offensive , and they were swept back to Amiens , losing on the way the majority of their tanks , because the bridges over the Somme were destroyed be- fore ...
Page 131
... position . So we finished our lunch , and walking along the erest for half a mile , dropped down into the valley again , and came upon Ryan's section engaged in refilling the 13th Battalion . Westbrook's tanks were coming in one by one ...
... position . So we finished our lunch , and walking along the erest for half a mile , dropped down into the valley again , and came upon Ryan's section engaged in refilling the 13th Battalion . Westbrook's tanks were coming in one by one ...
Page 135
... positions with the utmost re- solution . It was decided to attack on the 23rd at Herleville and Proyart . My company had ... position behind solitary Hotchkiss gun , de- the line , severely shelled and cided to attack , and the bombed ...
... positions with the utmost re- solution . It was decided to attack on the 23rd at Herleville and Proyart . My company had ... position behind solitary Hotchkiss gun , de- the line , severely shelled and cided to attack , and the bombed ...
Page 154
... position ; the reefs and shoals came to eat out of our hand , so to speak , and were transformed from dangers into breakwaters against the north- easterly swell rolling in . Accordingly , whenever oir- cumstances permitted , we came to ...
... position ; the reefs and shoals came to eat out of our hand , so to speak , and were transformed from dangers into breakwaters against the north- easterly swell rolling in . Accordingly , whenever oir- cumstances permitted , we came to ...
Page 155
... position , the range - taker had just announced seven thou- sand , " the order to mence " W88 tickling the tongue , when from the sub- marine there came flashing the British private signal ! It was just about the nearest imaginable ...
... position , the range - taker had just announced seven thou- sand , " the order to mence " W88 tickling the tongue , when from the sub- marine there came flashing the British private signal ! It was just about the nearest imaginable ...
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