Front matter

"FLOATING SERENELY ON THE SURFACE WAS A SUBMARINE; ONE OF THE MOST MODERN OF THE GERMAN UNTERSEEBOOTEN"

The Fight for Constantinople

A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula

BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

Author of "The Dispatch-Riders" "The Sea-girt Fortress" "When East Meets West" "Captured at Tripoli" &c. &c.

Illustrated by W. E. Wigfull

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED

LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

Contents

CHAP.

I. Under Sealed Orders

II. Cleared for Action

III. The Demolition Party

IV. Trapped in The Magazine

V. A Dash up The Narrows

VI. To The Rescue

VII. The "Hammerer's" Whaler

VIII. A Prisoner of War

IX. In Captivity

X. A Bid for Freedom

XI. A Modern Odyssey

XII. The German Submarine

XIII. Torpedoed

XIV. Through Unseen Perils

XV. Disabled

XVI. A Daring Stroke

XVII. Within Sight of Constantinople

XVIII. A Midnight Encounter

XIX. The Sub to the Rescue

XX. Saving the Old "Hammerer"

Illustrations

"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"