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No references found	For example, when the British introduced lyddite, a newly invented explosive which had been used with terrible effect on the Dervishes in Omdurman, Reitz records that the Boers "made light of it and dubbed the shells 'little niggers' (ktein kafferkies)" (52) War jokes lifted the spirits of the men, like their referring to "Martial Law" as a girl called "Martjie Louw". "The terrible laughter of the Afrikaner"--towards a social history of ... by Swart, Sandra / Journal of Social History After a while stretcher bearers, who behaved magnificently, I never admired anything more in my life, came along, dodging from man to man, patching them up with field dressings, helping them into shell holes and carrying on as though it was Hampstead Heath on manoeuvres days, while the whole time heavy lyddite shrapnel was bursting overhead and the machine guns were playing as freely as ever. THE DAY I WAS SHOT IN THE SOMME; A COVENTRY SOLDIER'S LETTERS FROM ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) The ridges of the hills sparkled and eruptions of brown smoke from the lyddite shell like miniature volcanos. The Captured German Ships in Egypt and the Dardanelles by Guthrie, Gus / Sabretache	Lycoperdon Nut lycoperdonosis Lycopersicon lycophore larva Lycophron Lycopodiales Lycopodiatae Lycopodineae Lycopodiophyta Lycopodiopsida Lycopodium Lycopodium Powder Lycopolis Lycopsida Lycoriidae Lycos Lycosidae Lycoteuthidae Lycra Lyctidae Lycurgus Lycus Lydd Lydda Lyddane-Sachs-Teller relation lyddite Lydford law Lydgate Lydgate, John Lydgate, Tertius Lydia Lydia Koidula Lydia, Mount Lydian stone lydite lye Lyell Lyell, Charles Lyell, Sir Charles Lygaeidae Lygaeoidea Lygia Lyginopteridaceae Lyginopteridales Lyginopteridatae Lyginopteridopsida Lygosoma lying panel lylafklc LYLAS Lyly	Lycosa tarantula Lycosa tarentula Lycosa tarentula Lycosidae Lycosidae Lycoteuthidae Lycotropous Lycra Lycra Lycra LYCS Lyctidae Lycu Gate Lycurgus Lycurgus Lycus LYD LYD Lyda Lyda Lydaw Lydaw LYDBNQ LYDC Lydd Lydd Airport Lydd Airport Action Group Lydda Lydda Lyddane-Sachs-Teller relation lyddite Lyden Lyden jar Lyden jar Lyderm Lydford Lydford Lydford Law Lydgate Lydgate Lydgate, John Lydgate, John Lydgate, Tertius Lydia Lydia Lydia Bruun Woods Memorial Library Lydia Child Lydia E Lydia E Lydia E Lydia E Lydia Farnsworth Lydia Jackson Lydia Jackson Lydia Kamakaeha Lydia Kamakaeha Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani Lydia Koidula Lydia Maria Francis Lydia Pinkham (disambiguation) Lydia, Mount

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For example, when the British introduced lyddite, a newly invented explosive which had been used with terrible effect on the Dervishes in Omdurman, Reitz records that the Boers "made light of it and dubbed the shells 'little niggers' (ktein kafferkies)" (52) War jokes lifted the spirits of the men, like their referring to "Martial Law" as a girl called "Martjie Louw".

"The terrible laughter of the Afrikaner"--towards a social history of ... by Swart, Sandra / Journal of Social History

After a while stretcher bearers, who behaved magnificently, I never admired anything more in my life, came along, dodging from man to man, patching them up with field dressings, helping them into shell holes and carrying on as though it was Hampstead Heath on manoeuvres days, while the whole time heavy lyddite shrapnel was bursting overhead and the machine guns were playing as freely as ever.

THE DAY I WAS SHOT IN THE SOMME; A COVENTRY SOLDIER'S LETTERS FROM ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

The ridges of the hills sparkled and eruptions of brown smoke from the lyddite shell like miniature volcanos.

The Captured German Ships in Egypt and the Dardanelles by Guthrie, Gus / Sabretache

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