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All day we can hear the fighting round Kimberley , and at night they speak to us , over the Boers ' heads , with a searchlight . It is boiling hot by day , and cold at night , and food does not seem to exist ; but the kilt is a great ...
All day we can hear the fighting round Kimberley , and at night they speak to us , over the Boers ' heads , with a searchlight . It is boiling hot by day , and cold at night , and food does not seem to exist ; but the kilt is a great ...
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Last night I was in charge of an outpost picket on the extreme edge of the big mountain , far from the camp . It was very lonely and anxious work , I and my section ( I'm section commander now ) built a little trench of stones and there ...
Last night I was in charge of an outpost picket on the extreme edge of the big mountain , far from the camp . It was very lonely and anxious work , I and my section ( I'm section commander now ) built a little trench of stones and there ...
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tent had moved during the night , and we cowered in a space scarce enough for two , our legs bent at the knee and intermingled , the tent overhanging space below . > as we did , and the sherpas had to return before night - fall .
tent had moved during the night , and we cowered in a space scarce enough for two , our legs bent at the knee and intermingled , the tent overhanging space below . > as we did , and the sherpas had to return before night - fall .
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Contents
THE DUEL OF THE FRIGATES BY VICTOR ALLAN | 42 |
A LITTLE SOMETHING BY GORDON MEYER | 137 |
A MILITARY APPRECIATION OF BRITISH INDUSTRY BY BRIGADIER | 157 |
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| Title | Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 292 Blackwood's Magazine |
| Publisher | William Blackwood, 1962 |
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