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Page 70
... boys spread out and took up their positions . Their eyes were gleaming . Arms ! Such huge quantities ! Tense silence . When would Giddy begin ? Giddy was waiting . The real British soldiers had saluted the tall captain . He returned the ...
... boys spread out and took up their positions . Their eyes were gleaming . Arms ! Such huge quantities ! Tense silence . When would Giddy begin ? Giddy was waiting . The real British soldiers had saluted the tall captain . He returned the ...
Page 94
... boys had to blast a fortified wall under machine - gun crossfire ; then cut their way through three barbed wire defences - all under enemy fire ; place their explosives in position and set them off— and then withdraw from the area ...
... boys had to blast a fortified wall under machine - gun crossfire ; then cut their way through three barbed wire defences - all under enemy fire ; place their explosives in position and set them off— and then withdraw from the area ...
Page 175
... boys from the town broke through to the sea - shore . They used tiny pleasure - boats and , heedless of the danger , of the flames bursting from the holds of the ship , which might have ... boys , including boys from WHEN THE HEART WEEPS 175.
... boys from the town broke through to the sea - shore . They used tiny pleasure - boats and , heedless of the danger , of the flames bursting from the holds of the ship , which might have ... boys , including boys from WHEN THE HEART WEEPS 175.
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