Malta at War - Collocations and Expressions 4

Gap-filling exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Text © Copyright - 2001 BIEB BIEB Exercise prepared by Michael A. Riccioli (2001). Many thanks to John A. Mizzi, Editor of 'Malta at War'.
   about      appointed      assist      commander      contemporary      excluded      first      for      Grand      have      in      independence      insurgents      naval      overlooked      peace      positions      regard      resume      return      troops      Two      wall  
(1) Russian
(2) Master
(3) to to
(4) to the Maltese
(5) destined
(6) the Sicilies
(7) a drawing of
(8) the bastion
(9) the Gozo against the French
(10) which the French on Fort Manoel
(11) the British flag
(12) by
(13) of
(14) the Russian commander--chief
(15) from
(16) to a special for
(17) the island's
(18) to bring
(19) an uneasy
(20) unable to the government