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Page 118
... German sentries said , “ Go back , or we shall have to shoot . " The Englishmen said , “ Not likely ! ” , advanced to the German wire , and asked again for an officer . The sentries held their fire and sent for an officer . With him the ...
... German sentries said , “ Go back , or we shall have to shoot . " The Englishmen said , “ Not likely ! ” , advanced to the German wire , and asked again for an officer . The sentries held their fire and sent for an officer . With him the ...
Page 124
... German was just a decent poor devil like everyone else . One trembles to think what the really first - class haters at home would have said of our army if they had known at the time . * Cavell - An English nurse , executed by the Germans ...
... German was just a decent poor devil like everyone else . One trembles to think what the really first - class haters at home would have said of our army if they had known at the time . * Cavell - An English nurse , executed by the Germans ...
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... German Red Cross orderly who was coming to help him . A General of some consequence during part of the war gave a ... German appellants for quarter . Another German appearing and putting his hands up , one of our men — so the story went ...
... German Red Cross orderly who was coming to help him . A General of some consequence during part of the war gave a ... German appellants for quarter . Another German appearing and putting his hands up , one of our men — so the story went ...
Contents
ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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