The Fight for Constantinople
by Percy F. Westerman
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About this eBook
- Author
- Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), 1876-1959
- Title
- The Fight for Constantinople: A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Juvenile fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 37600
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37600
- Release Date
- October 2, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1."FLOATING SERENELY ON THE SURFACE WAS A SUBMARINE; ONE OF THE MOST MODERN OF THE GERMAN UNTERSEEBOOTEN " — "Floating serenely on the surface was a submarine; one of the most modern of the German Unterseebooten . . . Frontispiece — "The ' Calder ' held grimly and swiftly on her way" — "With a well-directed blow Dick planted his clenched fist squarely upon the point of the Major's chin" — "Before the Turkish irregulars could penetrate the deception the two British officers were through" — "The two seamen hauled him into safety"
- 2.THE FIGHT FOR CONSTANTINOPLE — CHAPTER I — Under Sealed Orders — CHAPTER II — Cleared for Action — CHAPTER III — The Demolition Party — CHAPTER IV — Trapped in the Magazine — CHAPTER V — A Dash up The Narrows — "THE CALDER HELD GRIMLY AND SWIFTLY ON HER WAY" — CHAPTER VI — To the Rescue — CHAPTER VII — The "Hammerer's" Whaler — CHAPTER VIII — A Prisoner of War — CHAPTER IX — In Captivity — "WITH A WELL-DIRECTED BLOW DICK PLANTED HIS CLENCHED FIST SQUARELY UPON THE POINT OF THE MAJOR'S CHIN" — CHAPTER X — A Bid for Freedom — CHAPTER XI — A Modern Odyssey — CHAPTER XII — The German Submarine — CHAPTER XIII — Torpedoed — "BEFORE THE TURKISH IRREGULARS COULD PENETRATE THE DECEPTION THE TWO BRITISH OFFICERS WERE THROUGH" — CHAPTER XIV — Through Unseen Perils — CHAPTER XV — Disabled — CHAPTER XVI — A Daring Stroke — CHAPTER XVII — Within Sight of Constantinople — "THE TWO SEAMEN HAULED HIM INTO SAFETY" — CHAPTER XVIII — A Midnight Encounter — CHAPTER XIX — The Sub to the Rescue — CHAPTER XX — Saving the Old "Hammerer"
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