Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 257William Blackwood, 1945 - England |
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Page 127
... Black Watch in 1883 at the age of twenty - one . The pay was poor , the instructors chased you until you almost ... Black Watch , you won't be gentlemen anywhere . " I suppose he was referring to the time when the private men ' of ...
... Black Watch in 1883 at the age of twenty - one . The pay was poor , the instructors chased you until you almost ... Black Watch , you won't be gentlemen anywhere . " I suppose he was referring to the time when the private men ' of ...
Page 128
... Black Watch , and he knew a deal about boats . And what he didn't know was supplied by his tremendous common - sense . Well , after the usual delays , we got going on the river expedition at last , and an astonishing sight it was ...
... Black Watch , and he knew a deal about boats . And what he didn't know was supplied by his tremendous common - sense . Well , after the usual delays , we got going on the river expedition at last , and an astonishing sight it was ...
Page 133
... Black Watch , would look a nice fool if he said to his company commander , " Excuse me , sir , but I've just had a vision or something and I don't want to come . " So I muttered 66 Yes , sir , " and fell in behind the officers , and we ...
... Black Watch , would look a nice fool if he said to his company commander , " Excuse me , sir , but I've just had a vision or something and I don't want to come . " So I muttered 66 Yes , sir , " and fell in behind the officers , and we ...
Contents
AN ENIGMA OF WAR BY AJAX 145 | 14 |
A TARANTO DIARY BY LIEUTENANT M R MAUND D S C R N 187 | 19 |
BLINDED AND A PRISONER OF WAR BY PRIVATE BERTRAM | 38 |
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