Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 295William Blackwood, 1964 - England |
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... British shipping . Captured by a British cruiser , Stephen wounded in the leg ( which he saved from ampu- tation only by threatening to shoot the British surgeon ) they and their crew were ton to Dartmoor Prison . Courte ceived by the ...
... British shipping . Captured by a British cruiser , Stephen wounded in the leg ( which he saved from ampu- tation only by threatening to shoot the British surgeon ) they and their crew were ton to Dartmoor Prison . Courte ceived by the ...
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... British far from the Channel Ports . Through these , reinforcements would reach us quickly and secretly , so it was our vital interest to protect them . Our Army therefore marched north- wards as part of a great movement sometimes ...
... British far from the Channel Ports . Through these , reinforcements would reach us quickly and secretly , so it was our vital interest to protect them . Our Army therefore marched north- wards as part of a great movement sometimes ...
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... British troops . But the more effort made to teach the askaris English , the less was the pressure on British officers to learn African languages - if , indeed , they could ever learn these adequately in the usual two - year secondment ...
... British troops . But the more effort made to teach the askaris English , the less was the pressure on British officers to learn African languages - if , indeed , they could ever learn these adequately in the usual two - year secondment ...
Contents
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TO DARTMOOR | 17 |
A DOGS LIFE | 24 |
CHURCH MONUMENTS AND THEIR | 42 |
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