Word: sheltering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...position so unhappy and so perilous, the tribute of men of action to a man of action should not pass unmarked. We pride ourselves that we are a nation of sportsmen. It was the sportsmanlike thing that these commanders did America has no quarrel with amicable guests beneath the shelter of her flag...
...Middle Ages besieged cities were surrounded by a wall, and the wall was surrounded by a moat. The sapper (or miner) dug under ground until he reached the foundations of the wall. Here he built a shelter by leaning beams against the wall to protect him while he undermined its foundations. As fast as he made a breach in the wall he propped it with beams to keep it from tumbling on him as he worked. Finally he set fire to the beams and fled, leaving the wall to cave in as the supports burned away...
...defenders of the wall, meanwhile, amused themselves by dropping heavy stones on the beams of the lean-to shelter or by pouring down boiling...
...seemed that the Germans had exploded a mine under one of our trenches, then opened a violent fusillade to capture what remained of it. Being second-line troops just arrived from resting up, we were not required to fight. We consequently were huddled together in a bomb-proof shelter, packed all day like sardines, but quite satisfied to remain where we were, while above our heads shot and shell seemed to pass for several hours with unexampled violence. That night also was 'stormy,' but since then, that is for the last five days, there has been little else but sniping...
...last night. "When we first applied for permission to accompany the Indian troops to Flanders, we were firmly refused. However, we went to Bombay to be on hand when the transports were sailing. A division of troops, who had been flooded out of their regular quarters, had sought temporary shelter in a dock shed in most unsanitary, immoral conditions. The men were getting sick. The commandant wired headquarters for advice. Back came the laconic message: "Consult Y. M. C. A.," and before night the first 'army hut' and the germ of the entire system was started. When it came time...