Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 220William Blackwood, 1926 - England |
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... enemies , and then in a moment the whole sea would boil with fish , and Mr Costello and Michael , shouting in their excitement , would seem unable to ply their rods with sufficient speed . As the tide rose the sport slackened , and ...
... enemies , and then in a moment the whole sea would boil with fish , and Mr Costello and Michael , shouting in their excitement , would seem unable to ply their rods with sufficient speed . As the tide rose the sport slackened , and ...
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... enemy's surface craft . Many were the incursions into the Bight , and all without result . Towards the end of Novem- ber 1914 a plan was evolved at the Admiralty to make a deter- mined assault on the Cuxhaven aerodromes by means of sea ...
... enemy's surface craft . Many were the incursions into the Bight , and all without result . Towards the end of Novem- ber 1914 a plan was evolved at the Admiralty to make a deter- mined assault on the Cuxhaven aerodromes by means of sea ...
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... enemy ; no patrol vessels or scouts of any sort were seen during the night , nor was there any visible sign of the enemy . The searchlights of Heligo- land were clearly visible , but the distance prevented their beams disclosing our ...
... enemy ; no patrol vessels or scouts of any sort were seen during the night , nor was there any visible sign of the enemy . The searchlights of Heligo- land were clearly visible , but the distance prevented their beams disclosing our ...
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... enemy . Several patrol vessels were observed , and all scurried off in the direction of Heligoland making frantic signals by wireless . We wondered at the time why these patrol vessels were not attacked , but afterwards re- alised the ...
... enemy . Several patrol vessels were observed , and all scurried off in the direction of Heligoland making frantic signals by wireless . We wondered at the time why these patrol vessels were not attacked , but afterwards re- alised the ...
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... enemy . Only another six miles to go ! What sort of reception should we get Would we meet the eight Ger- man torpedo destroyer flotillas backed up by the whole of the Heligoland Fleet ? There had been plenty of time for them . to meet ...
... enemy . Only another six miles to go ! What sort of reception should we get Would we meet the eight Ger- man torpedo destroyer flotillas backed up by the whole of the Heligoland Fleet ? There had been plenty of time for them . to meet ...
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