The Fight for Constantinople: A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula

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Percy F. Westerman

THE FIGHT FOR CONSTANTINOPLE






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

"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"





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