| 单词 | troopship |
| 例句 | Leper Lepellier would go down paralyzed with panic on any sinking troopship before making such a jump. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We took the train to Bremerhaven, Germany, and then traveled on a former troopship for nine days across the Atlantic Ocean to Boston, Massachusetts. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “They don’t seem to realize,” she whispered, “how powerful the Royal Fleet is. Once when the Royalists were trying to hold Bridge town, Barbados, Parliament sent a troopship and subdued them in no time.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “When they torpedo the troopship,” he shouted, “you can’t stand around admiring the view. Jump!” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “On Christmas Eve, a German sub sank a troopship in the English Channel. They say there were thousands of American soldiers on board who drowned.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z One mural shows us silhouettes of tankers, troopships and tugboats in the nocturnal New York Harbor: a convoy of ships, grouped for protection against attack, making its way with troops and supplies across the Atlantic. Exhibition Review: ‘WWII & NYC,’ at the New-York Historical Society 2012-10-04T23:36:35Z The Navy planned to convert it into the troopship, the USS Lafayette, and the piano was sold along with the rest of the ship's contents in a series of auctions. Rare Ruhlmann piano to be auctioned in NYC 2013-02-14T12:29:13Z He began work on “Williwaw,” a novel set on a troopship and published in 1946 while Mr. Vidal was an associate editor at the publishing company E. P. Dutton, a job he soon gave up. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Gore Vidal, Elegant Writer, Dies at 86 2012-08-01T05:20:14Z As a child, she stayed in Gloucestershire for a while and in August 1953 she boarded the P&O troopship Empire Orwell with her mother. Bible John: The forgotten women at the heart of a serial killer mystery 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z They boarded a troopship in Italy and, after dodging U-boats, arrived in New York in August. Long-lost operetta by Jewish WWII refugees gets first performance since 1945 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z When he found out that thousands of Polish soldiers were trying to get to England to fight the Germans, he joined them aboard the SS Arandora Star, a British ocean liner commandeered as a troopship. Hubert Germain, last French WWII ‘Companion of the Liberation,’ dies at 101 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Originally launched as a transatlantic passenger liner in 1922, the Glasgow-built ship was requisitioned as a troopship by the British government in March 1940 - seven months after the start of World War Two. Lancastria: Service for Britain's worst maritime disaster 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z After the start of World War II, it was painted gray and converted into a troopship that ferried Allied soldiers, earning the nickname the “Grey Ghost” for its speed and camouflaged color. After decades of rocky seas in Long Beach, Queen Mary in danger of sinking. Can it be saved? 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z As he returned to England, on RMS Empress of Russia, the troopship found itself without stokers. Prince Philip: How the Royal Navy shaped the Duke of Edinburgh 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Dr. Vaughan and other military health officials appealed to President Woodrow Wilson to suspend the draft and stop sending crowded troopships to France. For American Military, Coronavirus Is an Enemy to Be Fought 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Some of the first to arrive in 1948 were a group of 500 or so Caribbean migrants, who arrived on former troopship the Empire Windrush. Five times immigration changed the UK 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The Buford was an elderly, decrepit troopship, known by sailors as a heavy “roller” in rough seas. When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Rudder reviewed the operations order with Huebner for the last time on May 28, three days before loading his men onto troopships for the crossing. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: D-Day, George Washington and the Cleveland Browns 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z By Dec. 14 of that year, he was heading across the Atlantic aboard the fast ocean liner/troopship Queen Elizabeth. 75 years after D-Day, veteran still wonders why he was spared 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Dr. Davis traced his interest in slavery, and in racial discrimination more broadly, to an incident in 1945, when he was an 18-year-old infantryman sailing toward Germany aboard a segregated Army troopship. David Brion Davis, Pulitzer-winning historian who reshaped study of slavery, dies at 92 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “Because there were so many casualties, they put the widows and families on a troopship and brought them back to Hawaii,” he said. From the chaos of a decades-old war, two sons get a link to their father 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The island coped with mass casualties from two major troopship disasters just eight months apart. The Scottish island that buried America's dead 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z I never thought they would take you away like this, in a troopship. Read an excerpt from Luna author Ian McDonald’s heartbreaking new time-travel romance 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z The sunken wreckage of this disused British troopship, built in 1863 and scuttled in 1941, bothered no one — and no one bothered her. The British Shipwreck That Still Haunts Hong Kong 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The bombs fell, the emperor surrendered, and hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops landed on the Japanese homeland by troopship and transport plane, to prevent starvation and social collapse while they remade the defeated nation. Newlywed in a new land: The stories of Japanese war brides 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z It announced the arrival of the Sherman, a troopship carrying a regiment returning from the Spanish-American War. Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Louisiana: Your Tuesday Briefing 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z But when I was growing up on the island, the troopships were rarely talked about. The Scottish island that buried America's dead 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z In the hours of darkness, a mighty concentration of ships, troopships, supply ships, warships, moved quietly up the Channel and made their rendezvous in the Bay of the Seine. Inside Dwight Eisenhower's Perspective on D-Day 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z As the last troopship fades into the atmosphere, I wonder how many they've deigned to save this time. Chrysalis : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z News of the departure of a convoy of Australian, New Zealand and Japanese battle cruisers and warships protecting 38 troopships did not reach the rest of Australia for another three weeks. Anzacs' sacrifice remembered 100 years on in Albany 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z He’d survived a gunshot wound, escaped to Turkey and eventually talked his way onto the Queen Elizabeth, then serving as a troopship, to cross the Atlantic. The Island Where People Forget to Die 2012-10-28T05:14:42Z In 1944, he shipped out from Fort Dix, N.J., to Europe, on a troopship so overcrowded, he said, that "the chow line wound through the latrines." City Room: In a Visit to an Exhibit, Recalling a Date With History in 1941 2012-10-05T18:04:46Z There were at least a hundred merchant ships to every one of our troopships; if a considerable number of the former could be sunk, Germany would have scored a decisive advantage. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z He said no more about our promise, yet as he stood on the deck of the troopship and I on the dockyard, I think we both thought of it. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z It may interest readers who have never sailed in a troopship to read the regulations enforced:— 1. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Ships should not be detained in Harbour in Table Bay without efficient reasons, especially troopships, containing hundreds crowded together. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z "If he has room on his troopships to take them, we could," was the answer. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z One could have concentrated them only on certain routes; but whether the troopships would choose the same routes at the same time was the question. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Many men have written of the sailing of the first argosy of troopships from that bay; and by this time the spectacle of departing troops was an old one to the vessels there. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z Here we were put aboard the hospital ship Rewa, an old rocky tub that had been an Indian troopship before the war. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z They were probably returning from escorting troopships over to France last night. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z That you acted as a guide to G.I.’s in Italy and stowed aboard a troopship coming to this country. Swamp Island 2011-01-28T03:00:22.400Z Like all convoys, the troopships began zigzagging as soon as they entered the danger zone; and this in itself made it almost impossible for a submarine to get its bearings and take good aim. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z She was taken over by the American government, renamed the Lafayette, and was undergoing conversion to a troopship when she was swept by fire on Feb. 9, 1942. Answers About World War II in New York 2010-09-29T16:11:00Z Already, when the troopship had entered the Channel she had felt a cruel pang when she realised that she must expect nothing and that nobody would greet her. A Bed of Roses Gallipoli, as it looked from the decks of the troopships, even in the wonderful dawn of that August Saturday morning, had a mysterious and sinister appearance. The Irish at the Front Why on earth can’t they send them home in a troopship, or charter a vessel on purpose, instead of saddling them on to us? A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Imagine eight or ten submarines, stretched across that expanse and hunting for troopships. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Congressional committees holding inquiries found that Washington’s rush to have the troopship conversion completed within weeks led to chaos and confusion involving civilian workmen, the Navy and Coast Guard. Answers About World War II in New York 2010-09-29T16:11:00Z It was long after midnight when they came rippling back to the huge bulk of the troopship, with silver raining from the blades of their oars into the sparkling bosom of that wondrous bay. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade In this particular landing very remarkable use was made of a steamer called the River Clyde, turned into a troopship. The Irish at the Front Of the "Duke of Northumberland," they only knew a troopship of the name, and even that had been waterlogged! Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas General von Cramon, the German military representative at the Austro-Hungarian Headquarters, often called me up and asked me to insist on the sinking of American troopships; public opinion in Austria-Hungary demanded it. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Homeward from Canada and, latterly, from the United States the troopships are formed in large convoys under the ocean escort of a cruiser. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The navy in 1906 consisted of only three small cruisers on the Caribbean coast, and two cruisers, two gunboats, one troopship and two steam launches on the Pacific. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" It was said to have been brought in a troopship from Saigon in Cochin-China, but it may have been connected with the Egyptian epidemic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" When our troopship left France your folks were expecting to follow in about ten days or two weeks. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields But they did not succeed even in attacking a single east-bound troopship. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Usually, vessels of moderate speed are accompanied by sloops or armed drifters, but the fast troopships require destroyers for their protection. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war From two troopships against the wharves there was a great business of landing horses—the horses of the dragoons and hussars from India. The Passionate Friends Murray and Lieutenant Upton, embarked at Port Royal, Jamaica, in the troopship Resistance, for the relief of the West African garrisons. The History of the First West India Regiment The expedition was divided into contingents, each contingent including troopships and a naval escort designed to hold off any German raiders that might be sighted. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Yet the men upon our merchant convoys and troopships saw submarines scattered all over the sea. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z A bright sea and sky disfigured by a ring of curling black smoke—a death-screen for the last agonies of a torpedoed troopship. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war For this purpose a number of troopships and warships carrying what was known as the Greek Legion and made up of Cretan volunteers, were to be used. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War On the 31st of October, 1863, A Company, with the head-quarters, embarked at Barbados on board the troopship Megæra, which had arrived the day before from Demerara with D and F Companies. The History of the First West India Regiment Mrs. Marion Smith, widow of the late bandmaster, was travelling down country, with her two children, to sail on a troopship for England. Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines We estimated that the convoys and troopships reported that they had sighted about 300 submarines for every submarine which was actually in the field. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z More destroyers were required to escort the troopships. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Every liner is a troopship, filled with returning soldiers, and the staterooms are crowded with officers and diplomats. Louisiana Lou A Western Story An enemy could easily bribe the owners of a few petty craft to sink their vessels, and thus completely to block up troopships in the Canal. General Gordon A Christian Hero As the shells splashed into the sea near the spot where the commotion had been observed, there were smudges of black smoke at several points on either side of the troopship. Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam The southern area, extending roughly from the forty-fifth to the forty-ninth parallel, was used almost exclusively for troopships. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z It surprises you to see an unmanageable crowd in a train or on a steamer, much as it would surprise you to see soldiers swarm at will into a troopship. Home Life in Germany Our thoughts at once adverted to the two troopships which left last night, so we hurried on, and, arriving at the spot, found we had surmised correctly. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Even without such designs our troopships are frequently delayed in passing through owing to accidents of all sorts. General Gordon A Christian Hero Subsequent experience of troopships has dispelled even "the pleasant trip" illusion. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition It was not possible to direct the submarines against troopships exclusively. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z It was on April 18, 1811, that the troopships carrying the first Division, commanded by Colonel Robert Rollo Gillespie, sailed from Madras Roads. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java With bands playing the Protector made a tour round the anchored troopships. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Disembarking, they filed round the wharves to where two troopships lay opposite each other, and embarked again on H.M.N.Z.T. The Tale of a Trooper He had been in France, and only arrived in England twenty-four hours after the troopship which brought out his regiment started. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 It was, therefore, not certain that by this method we should meet with a sufficient number of troopships. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The aft-deck had seen greater haste on all sides in a scramble on deck to cheer a troopship passing the cruiser's escort. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Then the news arrived that the troopships were 190 timed to reach Hogg’s Bay at one o’clock in the morning. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon The troopships lay in the harbours, the men were ready in camp, why not embark? The Tale of a Trooper The great harbour of Lemnos is gradually filling; we had about thirty troopships in the inner harbour, and before lunch seven were lying in the outer. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Had the German people not been promised that their U-boats would sink any American troopships that attempted to cross the ocean? The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z This resulted in an amusing incident when a dhow, manned by a very fat Arab fisherman and a small native boy, came too close to the troopship. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula The worthy commander of the Protector arranged the speed of the ship so as to reach Hogg’s Bay just prior to the hour at which the troopships were expected. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Perhaps a mile or more out at sea a great Destroyer proudly spurned the waves; she was to guard the troopship along her perilous passage. Tommy Instead of landing us from troopships we all go on battleships, which seems to us to be an improvement. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" A convoy of four or five large troopships would be surrounded by as many as ten or a dozen destroyers. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The troopship had arrived and we were to embark on the morrow. A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle Presently the two white troopships loomed up in the offing, entered the shelter of the bay, and dropped anchor. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon The next morning they were at Folkestone, where the big troopship lay in the harbour. Tommy The "Aquitania" was at first a troopship and mounted four 6-inch guns, and has carried 7000 troops at a time, besides her crew. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" That the destroyers, aircraft, and other patrols were safely escorting troopships and other vessels across the Channel was a fact of which the British public was justly proud. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Chaplains have certainly no right to load up troopships with churches, but Haddingly had somehow got his to Egypt. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 Cheers upon cheers rose from her decks, and, before their echoes could be heard, a thousand voices on the troopships cheered in response. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon All of the houses looked very dingy and old, and the men in blouses who pushed their clods about on this or that errand upon the troopship, were old, too, and had sad, worn faces. Tom Slade on a Transport The great troopship's anchor was weighed on the Tuesday evening at 5 p.m., and we proceeded to sea. From Lower Deck to Pulpit The six destroyers which escorted our first troopships from America to France were promptly assigned to duty with our forces in Irish waters. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z In the same week of November that the armistice was signed, Ginsburg, limping slightly, went aboard a troopship bound for home. From Place to Place The tour round the ships being concluded, boats were lowered from the Protector and visitors conveyed to the troopships. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon On August the 25th, the American forces embarked at Newcastle-on-Tyne in three British troopships, the "Somali," the "Tydeus" and the "Nagoya" and set sail for Archangel, Russia. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 It was disembarked from the troopship near Tanga, and then moved against the position. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 And yet he began to go down when he stood on the rope ladder down the Gulf and watched the troopships drift out. The Masques of Ottawa On the 14th of September 500 troopships landed the allied armies, and on the 20th, the Battle of the Alma opened the road to Sebastopol. The Story of Russia The troopships’ whistles resounded deep on the midnight air. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon The next day found us at Plymouth boarding the Transylvania for her first voyage as a troopship. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Idly we lounged about the decks, gazing at the shores with their little white fishermen's cottages, or at the thirty odd troopships, and the four grey gunboats which studded the harbour. On the Fringe of the Great Fight The shadows lay on the surface of the sea, and the waves moaned beneath the keel of the troopship that was bearing us away on the most momentous journey of our lives. The Red Horizon As we were closing up to them we spotted a floating mine which must have been passed touch-and-go during the night by all those warships and troopships. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The engines pulsed; the troopships moved and gathered speed. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon For purposes of convenience, the expedition was divided into contingents, each contingent including troopships and a naval escort designed to keep off such German raiders as might be met. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights There is a routine by bugle-call on troopships, with a guard, police, and fatigues. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 Only three American troopships—the Antilles, the President Lincoln, and the Covington—were sunk on the return voyage. Our Navy in the War Suppose the Fleet could get through with the loss of another battleship or two—how the devil would our troopships be able to follow? Gallipoli Diary, Volume I This accomplished, after a long, hot run, which did the motors no good, she went back to her beat, where she picked up three destroyers convoying a couple of troopships. Sea Warfare True to their promise the German submarines started their portion of the offensive and sunk the U.S. troopship "Tuscania" a few days later off the coast of Ireland. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights It referred, in a Frenchman's letter, to a sunset at Havre on an evening that he would never forget—nor shall I—with an American cruiser and a troopship going out. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 In spite of the constant menace of submarines, only 3 of these troopships were lost—the Antilles, Lincoln, and Covington. Our Navy in the War Had he stuck to that opinion at the conference, then I was ready, as a soldier, to make light of military croaks about troopships. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Going through the Straits she observed an empty troopship at anchor, but reserved her torpedoes in the hope of picking up some battleships lower down. Sea Warfare The Tuscania was the first troopship to be sunk en route to France, though the Antilles was sunk in October, 1917. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights When the vexatious health-rules were relaxed, and troopships landed some of their passengers, there was endless fraternisation, eager discussion of coming operations, and unlimited denunciation of the common foe. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood In the newspapers were no brave columns of farewell scenes, no exultant send-off greetings, no stirring pictures of troopships passing out into the night. Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters I was posted to a battery at Meerut, and warned to be ready to start in an early troopship. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Since May 1, 1918, the number of troopships and cargo-vessel convoys east and west bound have averaged more than 1 a day, and the number of ships over 200 a month. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. In such manner ended a typical Sunday upon a troopship. From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa The first evening out the Psyche signaled "Whereabouts of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau still unknown; troopships to extinguish all lights and proceed with only shaded lights at bow and stern." The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 From the harbors the troopships steamed away, their decks crowded with cheery soldiers, their flags waving a proud challenge to any disputant of Britain's command of the sea. Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters He is ordered to fall in upon the deck of a burning troopship and to stand at attention while Death inspects the ranks. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans A little French destroyer, pearl-grey in the evening light, steamed past us, and the French sailors waved their arms, and danced a welcome to this troopship of their allies. Tell England A Study in a Generation Tons of literature of all descriptions were put upon the troopships at the port of embarkation. From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa A delay of twenty-four hours was caused by one of the troopships grounding on a sand bank in the harbor, but on Sunday, Aug. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 "After shacks and bungalows and gun-boats and troopships, do you suppose this doesn't look rather heavenly?" The Younger Set It was the first time I had ever been on a troopship, and every moment was of interest. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time The fresh arrivals on the troopships brought with them like a breeze from the homeland that atmosphere of glowing optimism which prevailed in England in the early August days. Tell England A Study in a Generation And only a typical Sunday, for on scores of troopships Sundays of a similar character were spent. From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa As night drew near, we saw several troopships pass the harbor homeward bound, and the sight did not lighten our gloom. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Over the Bay of Shoals the fog was lifting; and he saw the long gray pier jutting northward—the pier where the troopships landed their dead and dying when the Spanish war was ended. The Younger Set Here are a few notes taken on the troopship Montfort, where of course you know every one is smart. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Yes, and yonder invisible Turk had behind him a sun whose rays were pouring down upon our guilty troopship. Tell England A Study in a Generation Far to port, strung out in single file about a half mile apart, were three huge liners that they took to be troopships. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet Instead of sending the fighting fleet to try to clear the way for the troopships coming later on, Philip mixed army and navy together. Elizabethan Sea Dogs "I still contend that there is nothing very exciting in passing through the danger zone on a troopship." Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche There is nothing to see in it any more than there is in Hulk C. 60, late of her Majesty's troopship Himalaya , now a coal-hulk in the Hamoaze at Plymouth. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) I was to embark that morning on a troopship bound for the Dardanelles. Tell England A Study in a Generation The men of the Dewey soon learned that the troopships which they were escorting carried a number of regiments of marines and several detachments of U.S. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet The 'Cardigan Castle' had been a swagger liner until she was impounded by Government to act as troopship, and she was provided with splendid bathrooms. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles From northward and slightly ahead of the course of the troopship of the Ninety-ninth a swift destroyer could be seen darting over the waves. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche It is most interesting now and all the troubles of the dull days of waiting at Tampa and that awful time on the troopship are over. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis And what I would venture to suggest is, that you should follow when you feel inclined, by P. and O. Fellows will understand that I don't care to have you come out on a troopship. The Heavenly Twins So far there had been no incident to mar the safe convoy of the troopships. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet "Not on a voyage, but I have lived at Portsmouth and have often been on board troopships and men-of-war, so it does not seem so strange to me." In the Heart of the Rockies With a rounding sweep the destroyer commanded by Dave Darrin turned out of the way of the troopship, then came up close, on the same course, scooting by. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche No one knew quite when the Nauru would berth; it was wrapped in mystery, like all movements of troopships. Back to Billabong More likely a padded cell in a troopship and hospital until an asylum claimed him. Snake and Sword A Novel I thought I was goin' to die in that troopship coming over here. Three Soldiers The United States cruiser Charleston, with the troopships City of Sydney, City of Pekin and Australia, arrived off Cavite on the 30th of June. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom It was with eager interest, not fear, that the soldiers took in all that was visible of the fleet's progress and the work of the destroyers to protect the troopships from disaster. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche We joined the host of battleships, monitors, and troopships standing out, and "stood by." At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. That meant, apparently, that he had twice jumped off the deck of a troopship to rescue what the girl called "Tommies", who had fallen overboard in the Red Sea and such places. The Good Soldier A second witness had heard Oberlies say he hoped the German submarines would sink a few troopships; that would frighten the Americans and teach them to stay at home and mind their own business. One of Ours Save for the guard, and those on other active duty, the passengers on the troopship slept soundly. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche From up forward the port bow gun of the troopship turned itself loose with a sharp report. Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche One of their bitterest quarrels came after he had, for the second time, in the Red Sea, jumped overboard from the troopship and rescued a private soldier. The Good Soldier |
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