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In twenty minutes , bone in her teeth , up charged the 1 , 000 - ton Dutch gunboat
euphoniously and improbably named Willibrod Snellius . In spite of her manned -
and - ready 3 - inch bow gun , Willi might have regretted her impetuosity had ...
In twenty minutes , bone in her teeth , up charged the 1 , 000 - ton Dutch gunboat
euphoniously and improbably named Willibrod Snellius . In spite of her manned -
and - ready 3 - inch bow gun , Willi might have regretted her impetuosity had ...
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Filipinos , but they really appear to be Germans and Japanese . Take care ! "
Keith , Tolley and Nygh all had moustaches . The canny Sabangese knew that
Americans didn't wear moustaches . Nygh's accented Dutch fitted in perfectly with
this ...
Filipinos , but they really appear to be Germans and Japanese . Take care ! "
Keith , Tolley and Nygh all had moustaches . The canny Sabangese knew that
Americans didn't wear moustaches . Nygh's accented Dutch fitted in perfectly with
this ...
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The Dutch were reluctant to risk offending the Japanese by any sign of cosying
up to Japan's bête noir , the United States . Britain was ready to cooperate , but
the United States was inclined to let the British and Dutch go it alone , feeling that
...
The Dutch were reluctant to risk offending the Japanese by any sign of cosying
up to Japan's bête noir , the United States . Britain was ready to cooperate , but
the United States was inclined to let the British and Dutch go it alone , feeling that
...
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| Title | Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War |
| Author | Kemp Tolley |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Naval Institute Press, 1973 |
| ISBN | 0870211323, 9780870211324 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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