The Firing Line
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It's really very classical," he said, "like the voyage of Ulysses; I, Ulysses, you the water-nymph Calypso, drifting in that golden ship of Romance-" "Calypso was a land nymph," she observed, absently, "if accuracy interests you as much as your monologue.
Chapters (64)
- THE
- FIRING LINE
- ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
- TO MARGERY CHAMBERS
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I
- A SKIRMISH
- CHAPTER II
- A LANDING
- CHAPTER III
- AN ADVANCE
- CHAPTER IV
- RECONNAISSANCE
- CHAPTER V
- A FLANK MOVEMENT
- CHAPTER VI
- ARMISTICE
- CHAPTER VII
- A CHANGE OF BASE
- CHAPTER VIII
- MANOEUVERING
- CHAPTER IX
- THE INVASION
- CHAPTER X
- TERRA INCOGNITA
- CHAPTER XI
- PATHFINDERS
- CHAPTER XII
- THE ALLIED FORCES
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE SILENT PARTNERS
- CHAPTER XIV
- STRATEGY
- CHAPTER XV
- UNDER FIRE
- CHAPTER XVI
- AN ULTIMATUM
- CHAPTER XVII
- ECHOES
- CHAPTER XVIII
- PERIL
- CHAPTER XIX
- THE LINE OF BATTLE
- CHAPTER XX
- A NEW ENEMY
- CHAPTER XXI
- REINFORCEMENTS
- CHAPTER XXII
- THE ROLL CALL
- CHAPTER XXIII
- A CAPITULATION
- CHAPTER XXIV
- THE SCHOOL OF THE RECRUIT
- CHAPTER XXV
- A CONFERENCE
- CHAPTER XXVI
- SEALED INSTRUCTIONS
- CHAPTER XXVII
- MALCOURT LISTENS
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- HAMIL IS SILENT
- CHAPTER XXIX
- CALYPSO'S GIFT
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