The Gunroom

THE IMMORTAL GAMBLE
AND THE PART PLAYED IN IT BY H.M.S. “CORNWALLIS”
By A. T. STEWART, Acting-Commander, R.N. AND THE Rev. C. J. E. PESHALL, Chaplain, R.N.
Post 8vo. Containing 32 page Illustrations from photographs, and a Map
Price 6/- net. (Post free 6/5)
This book, written by two officers of the battleship from whose fore-turret was fired the first shot of the bombardment, gives an account of happenings of vital interest and importance. It is absorbing because the truth shines out everywhere, and you feel that for once you are really getting first-hand information as to what did happen. It bridges the gap between February 19th and April 25th (the date of the Great Landing), and of this period we have hitherto heard hardly anything. Besides the valuable nature of the material, this chronicle of great events is written with considerable literary skill. The authors have succeeded in making their “log” intimate. It is before all things a man’s book, and unless the publishers are much mistaken, this originally conceived Saga of the Straits will attract attention everywhere.
PUBLISHED BY A. AND C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 AND 6, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1


BY CHARLES LANGBRIDGE MORGAN
“We are carried so far out to sea that we lose sight of the quiet haven whence we set forth.” — Dialogus beati Gregorii Papæ ejusque diaconi Petri , translation 1608 and Robert Bridges.