Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 256William Blackwood, 1944 - England |
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Page 348
... shell flared directly overhead , and simultaneously liquid deluged down over the director and streamed over my face ... shells were falling sometimes to miss the flagship and to come uncomfortably close to us . At one moment I thought ...
... shell flared directly overhead , and simultaneously liquid deluged down over the director and streamed over my face ... shells were falling sometimes to miss the flagship and to come uncomfortably close to us . At one moment I thought ...
Page 366
... shell - bursts and ragged plumes of dirty water shooting up , till the Boche switched his target to your own vicinity . Now , with 8 careful eye , one watched the creeping shells as they approached and straddled , and followed the ...
... shell - bursts and ragged plumes of dirty water shooting up , till the Boche switched his target to your own vicinity . Now , with 8 careful eye , one watched the creeping shells as they approached and straddled , and followed the ...
Page 367
... shell - holes in the sands . These when covered by a few inches of water were a trap in which heavily laden men could ... shells had no great penetration . As I came down the ramp again to send the fire - party ashore to cover , I ducked ...
... shell - holes in the sands . These when covered by a few inches of water were a trap in which heavily laden men could ... shells had no great penetration . As I came down the ramp again to send the fire - party ashore to cover , I ducked ...
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