On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
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Chapters (56)
- ON LAND AND SEA AT THE DARDANELLES
- T.C. BRIDGES
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS
- At the Dardanelles
- CHAPTER I THE OPEN PORT
- 'Ken flung himself on the signaller.'
- 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.
- CHAPTER III THE LANDING
- 'He drove his bayonet at a dark figure.'
- 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?"'
- CHAPTER V PROMOTION
- '"My German friend isn't exactly in climbing trim."'
- CHAPTER VI GUNS!
- '"Hurrah, a plane at last!" said Ken.'
- 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.
- CHAPTER VIII THE HUNTERS HUNTED
- 'The strain on Ken's arms was awful.'
- 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.'
- CHAPTER X PRISONERS
- 'Roy brought them down on the man's head.'
- CHAPTER XI THE FIRING PARTY
- 'All, even Henkel, glanced upwards.'
- 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.
- 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.
- CHAPTER XIV G 2
- '"Hallo! Hallo! Who's that?"'
- CHAPTER XV KEN MEETS AN OLD FRIEND
- 'Ken sprang over.'
- CHAPTER XVI TACKLING THE TROOPER
- 'A black-browed officer came to the rail.'
- 'Ken's hand gripped that of father.'
- CHAPTER XVII THE BOARDING PARTY
- 'On every side revolvers were cracking.'
- CHAPTER XVIII RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
- 'Up shot a sheet of crimson flame.'
- CHAPTER XIX IN THE NICK OF TIME
- 'The deck-house melted in a shower of splinters.'
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