Word: musters
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Month ago, when the Nazis were sprinting across Libya toward Egypt and the British needed every man they could muster from East Africa, Lieut. General Alan Gordan Cunningham offered the Duke of Aosta peace terms. The Duke was in such a hopeless military position that he must have eyed the terms wistfully, even though accepting them would have meant giving up his much-loved gaudy uniforms; but he had strict orders not to give in-having lost Ethiopia, he might as well detain as many British as possible as long as possible...
...London divulged the terms in detail, but one of them was said to be certain: the Duke of Aosta would have to surrender not only his fancy uniforms but also his own fancy person. For the British the capitulation was timely, because they still needed every man they could muster...
...States aid to China, according to Kuo, also benefits the Americas in that it helps to remove the Japanese threat from its western bases and shores. Effective Chinese aid with modern equipment would force Japan to concentrate its efforts in China, weakening the forces it would be able to muster against the United States...
Tiny Freyberg and his tiny force will have need of all the courage they can muster in Crete. The Germans seem to be committed to blasting and Blitzing the island. Suda Bay, a magnificent natural harbor, is the last important British operating base among the islands of the eastern Mediterranean, and the long island lies across the mouth of the Aegean. Last week, as expected, the Axis continued its process of occupying Aegean islands, definitely closed the Aegean to the British...
Eliot seems to have the race all to itself in the second heat of the afternoon since the Bunnies and Bell Boys are both weak and Dudley was unable to muster a crew. As it is, Eliot has both its first and second eights in the race, and it is now a toss-up to see which boat crosses the line first. Yesterday the first boat came in behind the second shell four times...