United States or Timor-Leste ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
After advancing over five hundred yards in face of the enemy machine gun fire, the Americans were exhausted by the deep snow and held on to a line within one hundred yards of the enemy. The Yorks on the right and left advanced just as gallantly and were also held back by the deep snow and the severity of the enemy machine gun fire. The fight continued for five hours. Lovable old Lt.
Nothing is more strange than a tree full of these creatures sleeping pendant by day, or their silent swift black movements by night. I saw no snakes wild, but in the Bacteriological Laboratory at Parel in Bombay, which Lt.-Col.
"Let me consider." "Not with a walking-stick I don't care to see that. lt must be a real sword." "Yes, I know; and I have no sword here; but I think I could get one by the evening. Now, will you do this?" "O no, indeed!" said Bathsheba, blushing." Thank you very much, but I couldn't on any account. "Surely you might? Nobody would know." She shook her head, but with a weakened negation.
The next day at a village near Priluk Lt. Carlson's men on patrol encountered a Bolo combat patrol and inflicted severe losses and took five prisoners. Christmas Day and several other days were occupied with these patrol combats by the two opposing forces, each of which thought the other had gone into winter quarters.
"lt is! it is Miss Lucy Bertram," ejaculated Sampson, "whom by my poor aid you will find perfect in the tongues of France, and Italy, and even of Spain in reading and writing her vernacular tongue, and in arithmetic and bookkeeping by double and single entry I say nothing of her talents of shaping, and hemming, and governing a household, which, to give every one their due, she acquired not from me, but from the housekeeper nor do I take merit for her performance upon stringed instruments, whereunto the instructions of an honourable young lady of virtue and modesty, and very facetious withal Miss Julia Mannering hath not meanly contributed Suum cuique tribuilo."
McBrien, Captain Gooderham, Lt. Cartwright; the General was very optimistic as to the final result of the war, though he felt that it would last at least three years longer.
The position there was surrounded by forests and the enemy could advance within several hundred yards without being observed. The defenders here, comprising Companies "F" and "A", bravely held on and inflicted terrific losses upon the enemy. It was during these terrible days that Lt. Dan Steel of Company "F" executed a daring and important patrol maneuver.
"The next time we go to the forest, Ralph," she said in a clear, high voice, "thou 'lt show me a certain tree," and she broke into silvery laughter. She laughed until we had left behind the guest house and the figure in the upper window, and then the laughter changed to something like a sob. If there were pain and anger in her heart, pain and anger were in mine also.
I talked of it with Sir Richard Pearson, who was afterwards Lt.-Gov. of Greenwich, and whom I saw there. Paul Jones I have touched my hat to, but never spoke to, except when we all took wine with him one day at dinner. But I have met his niece, Miss Janet Taylor, who lives in London now, and calculates nautical tables. I hope you will see her some day.
Moreover, their hereditary mistrust of Russia still inclines them to lean on us. We have lately concluded a treaty with Afghanistan not by any means a perfect treaty, but the best certainly that could be secured in the circumstances, and we have sent a Minister to Kabul, Lt.-Colonel Humphrys, who was one of my officers on the frontier.
Word Of The Day