Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 255William Blackwood, 1944 - England |
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Page 181
... heavy shore batteries on the island itself . The whole of the south side of the island was heavily defended . Concrete gun emplacements and pill - boxes studded the beaches , which were wired and mined . I am convinced that any attack ...
... heavy shore batteries on the island itself . The whole of the south side of the island was heavily defended . Concrete gun emplacements and pill - boxes studded the beaches , which were wired and mined . I am convinced that any attack ...
Page 243
... heavy bombs came down . We stood at the bottom of the shelter while the blitz raged above , and bomb after bomb was heard whistling down and exploding . We talked - cracking jokes and laughing incessantly . This was the form our nervous ...
... heavy bombs came down . We stood at the bottom of the shelter while the blitz raged above , and bomb after bomb was heard whistling down and exploding . We talked - cracking jokes and laughing incessantly . This was the form our nervous ...
Page 295
... heavy when I struck . For the first few minutes it seemed to be more out of the water than in it , after which it made a lightning dash across the pool and back again to the near bank , where it leapt almost at my feet . Impossible to ...
... heavy when I struck . For the first few minutes it seemed to be more out of the water than in it , after which it made a lightning dash across the pool and back again to the near bank , where it leapt almost at my feet . Impossible to ...
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Number 1540 | 81 |
NATUK EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF DR H G ESMONDE | 105 |
above all send Blackwood We have | 156 |
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