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... colonel's wife comes under the head of a soldier's business risk, though in the ordinary way there is no need to take out a fire policy to guard against such a contingency. In this dilemma the very honour able Tim decides to leave his regi ment and put in for ...
... pursuit when, amongst other things, they so nearly caught Germany's star bungler, von Papen, late of the 2nd Uhlans of the Guard They also nearly caught Liman von Sanders, the German General commanding the Turkish forces. Colonel Gourlie commanded the ...
... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. FIRE EXHIBITION AT EARL'S COURT. THAT a Fire Exhibition should be the summer attraction at Earl's Court sounds ominous. There is a suggestion about it of overcoats to dry and umbrellas to keep aired, which, from the look of things ...
... beacons in this country is a good schoolboy story and capital material for Macaulay's jingle, the lighting of fires all over Spain and the fires which were still smouldering at Smithfield are still going on to-day, though the persecution and hatred are ...
... Boncelles firing as usual: nothing new in that. Then the crackle of musketry, sounding exactly like the load ing of a cart with the heavy pavement stones that make Belgian roads so rough and noisy. Two pitches the deeper, probably infantry fire the higher ...
... ADVENTURE -Bv Vernon Fane Sir Henry J\[ewbolt's Autobiography, and His Lighter Side Three J\[ew Thrillers The Balkans Under Fire and let- or SIR HENRY oOLT (Faber and Faber. 2 is.) comprise the second volume of his memoirs which he started writing in 1932 ...
... family business, she means to put civilisation through the hoop, and tc purge some of its handier fribbles with fire-- and worse. The fire is kindled in he old bakehouse, which is reached via tha1 secret panel beside the baleful portrait. This is where ...
... deflect the torpedoes by her propeller race and skilful use of the helm will make for safety. To this may be added Quick- firing guns of the 3-inch and 6-inch types are certainly the best weapons for an attack on submarines. In combination with sharp ...
... faced in the open by men unable to return the fire. A landing under fire attempted by men crowded in boats would be like troops on land assaulting a defended position in small thick columns without firing and over ground quite devoid of cover. What is ...
... fighting. The Russian soldier lives and marches, retreats and charges and fires, with his bayonet always fixed on his rifle and fixed in his mind. Other nations remove the bayonet during fire fighting, as it interferes with aiming, both by weighting down the ...
... spiration )he always has his coke fire. And this brings us to the nice conduct of the fire of coke. When the night wind cuffs you and the neighbourhood is too enviably asleep to amuse you any longer, you make up your coke fire and seek the shelter of your ...
... elaborate system of connected minefields I guarded by barbed wire and covered by gun positions r and strong points. Further back was heavy artillery behind that, tanks. There were uninterrupted fields 1 of fire from well-positioned field guns, anti-tank ...