The chatterbox book of soldiers and sailors (1910)
Robinson, Anna, Weir, Harrison · Boston, D. Estes · leaf 28
from the Isle ofWight. So do I, said one of the cannoneers,but it wont be, lad, until this French ship strikesher colors. The two ships were locked together.Swift as an arrow the boy darted through thesmoke, crept upon the French ship, climbed to hermasthead, tore down the flag and carried it… … THE DISPATCHES QERGEANT JAMESON had volunteered^^ to carry dispatches through the Boer lines tothe English troops trying to relieve Ladysmith.The dispatches were at the bottom of a box ofsandwiches. Jameson was climbing over a kopjewithin sight of the English lines when suddenlyhe was halted by a…
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