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Under the White Ensign
BY PERCY F. WESTERMAN
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LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.
"TRUE TO THE LONG-ESTABLISHED AND GALLANT CUSTOM OFTHE SEA"]
Under the White Ensign
A Naval Story of the Great War
BY
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Author of "Rounding Up the Raider""The Fight for Constantinople"&c.
_Illustrated by E. S. Hodgson_
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITEDLONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
Contents
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CHAP. I. LADDIE'S WARNING II. HELD UP BY A U-BOAT III. THE BOMB IN THE HOLD IV. A NIGHT ON THE NEUTRAL GROUND V. THE ENCOUNTER WITH A SPY VI. THE DUMMY PERISCOPE VII. RAMMED VIII. "IN THE DITCH" IX. A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION X. HOW THE LANDING PARTY FARED XI. OSBORNE'S CAPTURE XII. THE TURKISH BIPLANE XIII. THE "SUNDERBUND'S" LIFE-BOAT XIV. SUBMARINED XV. CASTAWAYS ON A HOSTILE SHORE XVI. 'TWIXT U-BOAT AND ARABS XVII. THE WHALER'S VOYAGE XVIII. IN THE NICK OF TIME XIX. MISUNDERSTANDINGS XX. THE DESERT WIRELESS STATION XXI. "A PROPER LASH UP" XXII. THE FOULED PROPELLERS XXIII. DRIVEN TO DESTRUCTION XXIV. THE CHASE OF THE FELUCCA XXV. AN UNKNOWN ANTAGONIST XXVI. REUNITED XXVII. A DARING OPERATION XXVIII. OSBORNE'S REWARD
Illustrations
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"TRUE TO THE LONG-ESTABLISHED AND GLORIOUS CUSTOM OF THE SEA" - - - Frontispiece
"ONE BY ONE FIVE GERMANS STUMBLED UP THE LADDER"
"THE SUBMARINE WAS NOW IN AN AWKWARD PLIGHT"
"PROGRESS WAS TEDIOUSLY SLOW"
"THE GREEKS WENT DOWN LIKE NINEPINS"