Word: tribesmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fear from the Japanese." Indian Traitor Subhas Chandra Bose, leading "several divisions" of traitorous Indian troops across the border, was said to have helped "annihilate . . . several British divisions." But even without believing these preposterous claims, Indians could well be impressed by the fact that except for raids by Afghan tribesmen India had actually been invaded for the first time since the Raj took over...
Others go by pouch on the backs of Naga tribesmen to U.S. soldiers at listening posts close to the Jap lines-posts set up to give a few minutes' warning when Jap bombers start coming over...
Place of Death. The old men said: "It was our wish that the grave should never be found, but why should we remain silent now?" They told how Lobengula fled only when the battle was clearly lost. By his order, his tribesmen did not follow, lest their spoor disclose the king's whereabouts to the white man. When Lobengula learned that his people had surrendered, he built a great fire and threw upon it the leather ring of his authority, his girdles, his sporran of blue monkey skin. Then he said to the chosen few who were with...
...Irene Manning). This triangle is menaced by El Khobar, masked leader of the intransigent Riffs. But the pianist (who once fought for Loyalist Spain) turns out to have quite a way with the natives. El Khobar is not so black-hearted as black-faced and vocal. He and his tribesmen sing practically everything except Been Wukkin' on de Railroad. In the long run El Khobar is exonerated, the pianist gets the girl. The one bit which heartily commends The Desert Song to a world at war is a sizzling dancer (see cut, p. 94), by name Sylvia Operte...
General. T.R. had his eye on him. T.R. wanted to promote him for the hard, impersonal way he had handled the Moro tribesmen in Mindanao. Over the heads of 862 officers, including 257 captains, 364 majors, no colonels, T.R. made John J. Pershing a brigadier...