Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 258William Blackwood, 1945 - England |
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... miles away to our left , looking very blue and inviting . How one longed to leave all this dust and heat and noise behind and sample its coolness ! Such idle musings as these were cut short abruptly . Heavy firing broke out ahead . The ...
... miles away to our left , looking very blue and inviting . How one longed to leave all this dust and heat and noise behind and sample its coolness ! Such idle musings as these were cut short abruptly . Heavy firing broke out ahead . The ...
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... miles away . Surreptitiously I got both of my legs over the tailboard . Six miles later my opportunity came . The truck slowed for a bend , my two men lurched into the sentry and smothered his rifle . I jumped and rolled over twice . I ...
... miles away . Surreptitiously I got both of my legs over the tailboard . Six miles later my opportunity came . The truck slowed for a bend , my two men lurched into the sentry and smothered his rifle . I jumped and rolled over twice . I ...
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... miles away . We stopped half - way at a village with an unpronounceable name , where the sick and wounded were evacuated by light plane , and our last supply was dropped from the air . The last lap of our 600 - mile march was along the ...
... miles away . We stopped half - way at a village with an unpronounceable name , where the sick and wounded were evacuated by light plane , and our last supply was dropped from the air . The last lap of our 600 - mile march was along the ...
Contents
MAGAS | 1 |
A HEROINE OF FRANCE BY B S TOWNROE | 191 |
A FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY BY A M G | 285 |
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