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Page 174
... fire . One of our volunteers from Cuba was killed on the spot . Shmuel Merlin was hit in the leg . Avraham Stavsky , the organizer of great contingents of " illegal " immigrants in the ' thirties and the chief driving force in the ...
... fire . One of our volunteers from Cuba was killed on the spot . Shmuel Merlin was hit in the leg . Avraham Stavsky , the organizer of great contingents of " illegal " immigrants in the ' thirties and the chief driving force in the ...
Page 366
... fire the enemy fire and the covering fire - the sappers crawled and wriggled and dashed along bringing their explosives up to the enemy positions ; they lit the fuse , drew back - and then on forward again . The thunder of the ...
... fire the enemy fire and the covering fire - the sappers crawled and wriggled and dashed along bringing their explosives up to the enemy positions ; they lit the fuse , drew back - and then on forward again . The thunder of the ...
Page 367
... fire and blood and toil and sand , of battle and conquest , stretched itself forward . This phase of the battle began on Tuesday afternoon and ended on Wednesday morning . Fifteen hours without rest . Advance between two walls of fire ...
... fire and blood and toil and sand , of battle and conquest , stretched itself forward . This phase of the battle began on Tuesday afternoon and ended on Wednesday morning . Fifteen hours without rest . Advance between two walls of fire ...
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