On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
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It was the darkness that foiled him--this and the eel-like struggles of his adversary. At last, in desperation, he let go with his right hand, and drove his fist at the other's head. He missed his face, but hit him somewhere, for he heard his skull rap on the floor, while the knife flew out of his hand, and tinkled away across the cement floor.
Chapters (56)(click to expand)
- 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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