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After these first landings, far greater forces (estimated at 15,000 men) landed unopposed on the neck of Thailand, at Cape Patani and Singora. From there they hurried hellbent, by rail and road, with artillery, tanks and dive-bombers, due south toward Alor Star on the west coast. The British admitted falling back in the face of this heavier assault...
Part ancient Irish saga, part blarney, Sons of the Swordmaker, by Maurice Walsh (Stokes, $2.50), concerns the five sons of Orugh the Swordmaker. They are an accomplished bunch. Delgaun lops the head off of fabled Fergus the Killer, wins an enigmatic redhead named Alor. Flann One-Hand wanders over Ireland itself, gets mixed up with Fer Rogain, Conaire the King, cools a rustic spitfire named Dairne. Most adventurous part of the tale is the oldtime Gaelic talk: Says Delgaun of Alor: "She has red hair and she stays in a man's mind. Brief enough, but enough. She draws...