The WarsPenguin Books, 1979 - 190 pages Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war--The War to End All Wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare, of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Robert Ross performed a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death. |
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... yards of No Man's Land and then the German trenches . The beds could be cut where he stood . It was not too bad a position , from a mathematical point of view . Robert looked down and gave a wave to Bates . This meant the sappers could ...
... yards of No Man's Land and then the German trenches . The beds could be cut where he stood . It was not too bad a position , from a mathematical point of view . Robert looked down and gave a wave to Bates . This meant the sappers could ...
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... yards and yards of tulle and Mr Ross had gone to stand beside the water trough , thinking she must surely stop before the afternoon was out . He was just eighteen and she was twenty - two . All her sisters had been married , but she was ...
... yards and yards of tulle and Mr Ross had gone to stand beside the water trough , thinking she must surely stop before the afternoon was out . He was just eighteen and she was twenty - two . All her sisters had been married , but she was ...
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... yards away . The gates were five . ' Stop !!! ' Captain Leather screamed . As if the word had been their cue - three shells burst in order - all in the yard . Robert was blown out into the road . When he got to his feet and started back ...
... yards away . The gates were five . ' Stop !!! ' Captain Leather screamed . As if the word had been their cue - three shells burst in order - all in the yard . Robert was blown out into the road . When he got to his feet and started back ...
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