Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 251, Issue 1517William Blackwood, 1942 |
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Page 162
... sergeant , or other rank ? " could only answer , 66 Yugo - Slav , " or make some foreign reply . The best I could suggest was that if they wore gold lace they were officers , if they had brought any kit they were probably sergeants ...
... sergeant , or other rank ? " could only answer , 66 Yugo - Slav , " or make some foreign reply . The best I could suggest was that if they wore gold lace they were officers , if they had brought any kit they were probably sergeants ...
Page 210
... sergeant came up and said , " Now that is what I would call a married man's horse . " on As the troop moved off to the Mud Patch I began to feel that all was not well , and telling the sergeant to carry on I dropped discreetly to the ...
... sergeant came up and said , " Now that is what I would call a married man's horse . " on As the troop moved off to the Mud Patch I began to feel that all was not well , and telling the sergeant to carry on I dropped discreetly to the ...
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... sergeant solemnly fixing up over each horse a painted board bearing a name . The only thing which the names had in common apart from their fatuity was their initial letter , which , the sergeant in- formed me , was that of the new squad ...
... sergeant solemnly fixing up over each horse a painted board bearing a name . The only thing which the names had in common apart from their fatuity was their initial letter , which , the sergeant in- formed me , was that of the new squad ...
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