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Gubbins had been quick to see that Greece presented fertile territory for sabotage, with an underground resistance that had sprung into action within weeks of Mussolini’s invasion in the autumn of 1940. Peter Fleming had smuggled himself into Greece as soon as his work with the Kent Auxiliary Units was over: he managed to establish a small group of
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Amongst the skiff’s castaways was Middleton himself. Washed ashore, he managed to evade Ceram’s supposed cannibals as he made his way back to base. He must have been almost there when, attempting to swim an alligator-infested river, he was swept out to sea and battered on the rocks
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
This vast realm of geographical ignorance reduced European activity in the Outer World to an archipelago of settlements, mines and trading depots connected by a skein of pathways kept open only by constant effort.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Nathaniel Courthope,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
William Keeling,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
Sir Morris Abbot,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
While still nursing their wounds they were given lessons in field-craft by David Stirling (who went on to found the SAS) and Lord Lovat (who was to become captain of the Lovat Scouts).