Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 254William Blackwood, 1943 - England |
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Page 119
... Eight bells were struck , and the hands went into the forecastle for dinner . When they returned to the deck to smoke their pipes before resuming work the crimps tempted them from both sides . They tried to pass up bottles of potent rye ...
... Eight bells were struck , and the hands went into the forecastle for dinner . When they returned to the deck to smoke their pipes before resuming work the crimps tempted them from both sides . They tried to pass up bottles of potent rye ...
Page 142
... eight guns to each of the two battalions attacking , Chris Fenton commanding the guns with one battalion . Then , since there was nothing else Walton could do that night and doubtless there would be much during the next forty - eight ...
... eight guns to each of the two battalions attacking , Chris Fenton commanding the guns with one battalion . Then , since there was nothing else Walton could do that night and doubtless there would be much during the next forty - eight ...
Page 145
... eight mobile six - pounders , sir , " Walton said . The Colonel looked at him straightly . Thank you , " he said at length . " That is unusual . Thank you . " He thought a moment , then added , " Can I have an officer with them , please ...
... eight mobile six - pounders , sir , " Walton said . The Colonel looked at him straightly . Thank you , " he said at length . " That is unusual . Thank you . " He thought a moment , then added , " Can I have an officer with them , please ...
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anti-tank guns Astoria attack battalion BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE blood money blue boat boys British by-ways cabin cap'en Captain Drummond Cecil Chate climbed coast Coastal Forces coolies crew crimps Cumberland Bay Dalwhinnie dark deck E-boats eight enemy engineer Falkland Islands Falklands feet Fenton fighting fire glaciers grey Grytviken hands head Hichens Holmes hundred infantry jeep Jimmie Thomson knew locker look MAXALDING miles minefield morning Mount Paget mountains never night Norwegians o'clock officers once One-eyed Murphy Orca Parry Pelmanism Pennycuick Periyar pilot plough Pomfray poop Portland position prison Queen Mary reindeer Restharrow river rolled round Ruweissat Ridge sail Sammel Sappho Point second mate seemed Sergeant-Major sheriff ship ship's shipmaster shouted side South Georgia speed stream tank Colonel thing thought torpedo turned valley Vice-Consul waiting walked Walton Walton drove watch weather whaling wharf wind yards