Dreadnoughts of the Dogger: A Story of the War on the North Sea

DREADNOUGHTS OF THE DOGGER
A Story of the War on the North Sea
ROBERT LEIGHTON
Author of The Golden Galleon, The Thirsty Sword, etc.
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED LONDON AND MELBOURNE 1916
Made and printed in Great Britain by WARD, LOCK & Co., LIMITED, LONDON.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
DREADNOUGHTS OF THE DOGGER.
CHAPTER I.
WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE.
The Scoutmaster paused in his work of opening a tin of condensed milk on the top of a packing-case. Glancing upwards to the shoulder of the cliff, he caught sight of a figure partly concealed beyond a dark clump of gorse and bramble. He could see the shining brass tube of a telescope beneath a naval cap. The telescope was levelled at the slate-grey shape of a light cruiser riding at anchor in Haddisport Roads, abreast of the camp.