ON LAND AND SEA AT THE DARDANELLES
by T. C. Bridges
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About this eBook
- Author
- Bridges, T. C. (Thomas Charles), 1868-1944
- Title
- On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
- Credits
- Produced by Dave Morgan, Leonard D Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 11513
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11513
- Release Date
- March 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Our splendid Indian troops stood ready at Alexandria to embark for the Dardanelles. — ON LAND AND SEA — AT THE — DARDANELLES — T.C. BRIDGES
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS — At the Dardanelles
- 5.CHAPTER I THE OPEN PORT — 'Ken flung himself on the signaller.'
- 6.CHAPTER II THE LAST OF THE 'CARDIGAN CASTLE' — 'He sprang into the water.' — A friendly salute in passing. — The landing party at Sari Bair reached the beach covered by the fire of their own guns.
- 7.CHAPTER III THE LANDING — 'He drove his bayonet at a dark figure.'
- 8.CHAPTER IV A RUSE OF WAR — Stores, horses, and munitions were being landed on V. beach. — Magnificent work was done by the landing parties in their advance inland. — '"How many are there of you in the pit?"'
- 9.CHAPTER V PROMOTION — '"My German friend isn't exactly in climbing trim."'
- 10.CHAPTER VI GUNS! — '"Hurrah, a plane at last!" said Ken.'
- 11.CHAPTER VII 'LIZZIE' LETS LOOSE — '"'Tis only Lizzie opening the ball."' — Within No. 1 Fort at Cape Helles in the Dardanelles. — Tired out, the soldier was sleeping on a bed of live shells.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII THE HUNTERS HUNTED — 'The strain on Ken's arms was awful.'
- 13.CHAPTER IX THE BATTLE BY ROCKS — Tins and barbed wire are cut up in the Dardanelles as 'filling' for bombs. — Our gallant bluejackets cheered the return of the triumphant submarine after her wonderful achievement. — 'A rock avalanche was roaring down the steep.'
- 14.CHAPTER X PRISONERS — 'Roy brought them down on the man's head.'
- 15.CHAPTER XI THE FIRING PARTY — 'All, even Henkel, glanced upwards.'
- 16.CHAPTER XII ABOVE THE NARROWS — "That's either Fort Degetman or Kalis Bahr." — Our boys bring in a Turkish sniper, who by the ample use of foliage has turned himself into a sort of Jack-in-the-Green. — Reinforcements of Turkish artillery and machine gun batteries to bar the passage of our boys in khaki.
- 17.CHAPTER XIII THE SWEEPERS — '"She's leaking like a sieve."' — When the men return from the trenches, they find sea-bathing most pleasant. — French and British sailors are friends in play-time as in war-time.
- 18.CHAPTER XIV G 2 — '"Hallo! Hallo! Who's that?"'
- 19.CHAPTER XV KEN MEETS AN OLD FRIEND — 'Ken sprang over.'
- 20.CHAPTER XVI TACKLING THE TROOPER — 'A black-browed officer came to the rail.' — 'Ken's hand gripped that of father.'
- 21.CHAPTER XVII THE BOARDING PARTY — 'On every side revolvers were cracking.'
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII RUNNING THE GAUNTLET — 'Up shot a sheet of crimson flame.'
- 23.CHAPTER XIX IN THE NICK OF TIME — 'The deck-house melted in a shower of splinters.'
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