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Page 174
As the small boat we sent out reached the shore we were all subjected to a hail of
cross - 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
...
As the small boat we sent out reached the shore we were all subjected to a hail of
cross - 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
...
Page 356
The battle for Jaffa had begun . The fire of the mortars , directed at the enemy rear
, began to sow demoralisation behind his line . In the bottleneck itself the battle
was mainly a machine - gun duel . Our Brens played well . But their tune was not
...
The battle for Jaffa had begun . The fire of the mortars , directed at the enemy rear
, began to sow demoralisation behind his line . In the bottleneck itself the battle
was mainly a machine - gun duel . Our Brens played well . But their tune was not
...
Page 366
Their path was hewn out for them by the “ living artillery , " the sappers . Between
two walls of fire -- the enemy fire and the covering fire — the sappers crawled and
wriggled and dashed along bringing their explosives up to the enemy positions ...
Their path was hewn out for them by the “ living artillery , " the sappers . Between
two walls of fire -- the enemy fire and the covering fire — the sappers crawled and
wriggled and dashed along bringing their explosives up to the enemy positions ...
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Contents
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU REVOIR IN FREEDOM | 23 |
IV WE FIGHT THEREFORE WE ARE | 26 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Revolt: Story of the Irgun |
| Author | Menachem Begin |
| Publisher | H. Schuman, 1951 |
| Length | 386 pages |
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