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Then another brigadier boarded the train from the platform side . He was from Headquarters Northern Command , he said , and had come to brief me and to bring me level with the latest operational intelli- gence .
Then another brigadier boarded the train from the platform side . He was from Headquarters Northern Command , he said , and had come to brief me and to bring me level with the latest operational intelli- gence .
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An hour after that the armoured train pulled into Peshawar . " Well , " I observed smugly to Mansell the gunner subaltern , " here we are and not a round fired . " ( C Just as well , " he said drily . I didn't like to break the news to ...
An hour after that the armoured train pulled into Peshawar . " Well , " I observed smugly to Mansell the gunner subaltern , " here we are and not a round fired . " ( C Just as well , " he said drily . I didn't like to break the news to ...
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An hour later she followed the armoured train into Peshawar and so com- pleted her long haul of two thousand miles from Calcutta , for the first time in history three days late . That half - hour of coat - trailing on the bridge over ...
An hour later she followed the armoured train into Peshawar and so com- pleted her long haul of two thousand miles from Calcutta , for the first time in history three days late . That half - hour of coat - trailing on the bridge over ...
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