Good evening! Here come some comments and pictures for the new part of the text.
St. James's Park — the oldest of the Royal Parks in London. It
is located in the City of Westminster. It is bounded by Buckingham Palace to
the west side.
Sunday Graphic — an English tabloid newspaper. At first it
was called Sunday Herald (1915-1927).
It changed its name for Sunday Graphic
in 1927. It came out of press in December 1960.
Bombing of Rotterdam — Luftwaffe bombed Rotterdam
(Netherlands) on the 14th of May 1940 during the Battle of the Netherlands.
After that nearly 1,000 people were killed and 85,000 made homeless. It was the
last stage of the Battle and after that Netherlands capitulated because it
couldn't defend itself from the air attacks.
Collapse of Belgium — After May 16 1940 the Allies retreated to
the seaboard. The Belgian surrender came into effect at 04:00 on the 28th of May
1940.
Holly Trinity Church, Clapham Common — was built in 1776. It is located in
the south of London, in parkland near the Underground station "Clapham
Common".
Lambeth — one of the borough in London. It is located
opposite the cities of London and Westminster on the south cost of the Thames
(near the London Eye).
Millbank — is an area in Central London (The City of
Westminster).
RAMC — Royal
Army Medical College was located on Millbank, in Westminster, London. Since
1999 building is occupied by the Chelsea College of Art and Design.
Elgar — Sir Edward William Elgar (1857-1934), 1st
Baronet, an English composer. He is well-known in Britain for "Enigma
Variations" and the "Pomp and Circumstance Marches".
Fifth columnist (fifth column) — the name came from the Spanish
Civil War (1936-1939). During the World War II this name related to the Nazi
secret-service which helped Nazi forces to occupy different countries. Such
people worked inside the resistant countries.
Liddell Hart — Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart. An English
soldier, military historian and military theorist.
They
followed her in single file back down the corridor, like children in a school crocodile — in school pupils walk
in couples (pairs) and "crocodile" means long line (= вереница).
Dover — is a town and major ferry port, located in
the County of Kent, England.
Ivan




Thank you for your commentary, Ivan!
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Thank you for the good and timely comments. Have you thought of placing different objects and boroughs on the map? It would make sense for this part of the novel
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