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... British prestige had invited and suffered a damaging blow . In his farewell message to the British troops Barker wrote : " Our officers in Palestine were kidnapped , killed and even flogged . " Even ! Winston Churchill , always deeply ...
... British prestige had invited and suffered a damaging blow . In his farewell message to the British troops Barker wrote : " Our officers in Palestine were kidnapped , killed and even flogged . " Even ! Winston Churchill , always deeply ...
Page 246
... British officers . Later Sneh invited me to a further meeting with him . We met a day after the Staff Officer's escape . He began with a word of praise for our behaviour . " I assume " he said “ that you let him escape so that he should ...
... British officers . Later Sneh invited me to a further meeting with him . We met a day after the Staff Officer's escape . He began with a word of praise for our behaviour . " I assume " he said “ that you let him escape so that he should ...
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... officers as long as the road curfew was in force , and that we demanded that the period between the release and the cancellation of the death sentence be reduced ... British officers stepped out of it . One of them ORDEAL OF THE GALLOWS 249.
... officers as long as the road curfew was in force , and that we demanded that the period between the release and the cancellation of the death sentence be reduced ... British officers stepped out of it . One of them ORDEAL OF THE GALLOWS 249.
Contents
THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM | 1 |
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU REVOIR IN FREEDOM | 23 |
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