In the Track of the Troops
by R. M. Ballantyne
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Turkey -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 21705
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21705
- Release Date
- June 6, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."In the Track of the Troops" — Chapter One. — A Tale of Modern War. — Reveals the Explosive Nature of my Early Career. — Chapter Two. — Is Still More Explosive than the First. — Chapter Three. — An Interview with Men in Power. — Chapter Four. — A Day with the Torpedoes. — Chapter Five. — Terrible Torpedo Tales, Followed By Overturned Plans. — Chapter Six. — Turk and Bulgarian—A Wrestling Match and a Dispute. — Chapter Seven. — The Black Clouds Gather. — Chapter Eight. — Treats of Torpedoes, Terrible Catastrophe, Unexpected Meetings, and Such Like. — Chapter Nine. — In which Lancey is Tried, Suspected, Blown Up, Captured, Half-Hanged, Delivered, and Astonished. — Chapter Ten. — Involves Lancey in Great Perplexities, which Culminate in a Vast Surprise. — Chapter Eleven. — Refers to two Important Letters, and a Secret Mission. — Chapter Twelve. — My First Experience of Actual War, and my Thoughts Thereon. — Chapter Thirteen. — Shews what Sometimes Happens in the Track of Troops. — Chapter Fourteen. — Tells More of what Occasionally Happens in the Track of Troops. — Chapter Fifteen. — Simtova—New Views of War—Lancey Goes to the Front, and Sees Service, and Gets a Scare. — Chapter Sixteen. — Lancey gets Embroiled in Troubles, and Sees some Peculiar Service. — Chapter Seventeen. — In which some Desperate Enterprises are Undertaken. — Chapter Eighteen. — Treats of one of our Great Ironclads. — Chapter Nineteen. — Describes a Stirring Fight. — Chapter Twenty. — Treats of War and some of its “Glorious” Results. — Chapter Twenty One. — More of the Results of War. — Chapter Twenty Two. — The Fall of Plevna. — Chapter Twenty Three. — Woe to the “Auburn Hair!” After the Battle—Prowling Villains Punished. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Farewell to Sanda Pasha—A Scuffle, and an Unexpected Meeting. — Chapter Twenty Five. — Describes a Wreck, and the Triumph of Love. — Chapter Twenty Six. — Some More of War’s Consequences. — The End.
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