Limey Officers and Monocles at Gallipoli Front
A Royal Naval Division officer recalls wading ashore at X beach through barbed wire and being fired on, praising British regulars and RN divisions. A French officer eyed a Limey monocle, while another tale claims two Limey officers argued over German shells and detonators after a blast.
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Royal Naval Division
Limeys
Gallipoli
Frerfehman
Limey
Phillippe Pierre
Phillippe
America
New York
Surviving the Shelling at Sedd el Bahr in World War I
A narrator recalls three weeks ashore under the heaviest bombardment near Sedd el Bahr. Shells from Turkish 155 mm howitzers and 75 mm guns pound the line as soldiers endure deafening noise, smoke, and shell shock. A mission to relay news through a perilous return run ends with the narrator volunteering to push through open ground toward communication trenches amid danger.
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Sedd-el-Bahr
Jack Johnson
Pittsburgh
St. Vloi
Mon Gieux
Murray
Cafard
Shell
Dixmude
Paradoxical Settlement in Jones Family Finances
In a curious arrangement, Jones paid a round sum to straighten his son's financial affairs. The remark notes the odd method used to resolve the matter, highlighting a paradoxical approach to settling internal finances.
Deadly Poisons Arise From Kidney Troubles
Urges early treatment for kidney and bladder diseases warning of dangerous symptoms. Promotes Richards' Kidney Pills as effective diuretics from A B Richards Medicine Co of Sherman Texas. Priced 75 cents per box at drug stores.
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Nature
Richards
A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texas
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Albert N. Kes
U~s
NAVY
Foreign Legion OF France
Cassard
Reilly and Briton Co
George Mathew Ada
Uttle
South Africa
Why Swift & Company
Swift & Company
Tra
U.S.A
Texas Optical Co
Main Street
Houston
Tex
Peden Iron & Steel CO
San Antonio
McCane’s Detective
W. Heitmann Co
Priso
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