The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.

In the Lancet cases the methods of giving the anaesthetic were almost uniformly dangerous even in the hands of the most expert and experienced chloroformist.

And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam.

We had an account to settle with these compound mortars, and were therefore pleased when an RAF jeep arrived to link us with two Spitfires to carry out airshoots on these deadly nuisances.