CARRY ON!

A STORY OF THE FIGHT FOR BAGDAD

BY

HERBERT STRANG

ILLUSTRATED BY H. K. ELCOCK
AND H. EVISON

HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW
TORONTO, MELBOURNE, CAPE TOWN, BOMBAY

PRINTED 1917 IN GREAT BRITAIN BY R. CLAY AND SONS, LTD.
BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E. 1, AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

CONTENTS

CHAP.
I [A TELL NEAR BABYLON]
II [THE GAPING JAWS]
III [THE BARBER'S APPRENTICE]
IV [THE SHAVING OF BURCKHARDT]
V [SECRET SERVICE]
VI [THE DERVISH HEZAR]
VII [A MAD RACE]
VIII [ACROSS THE EUPHRATES]
IX [FRIENDS OR FOES?]
X [THE TRYST]
XI [THE TRAP]
XII [A REARGUARD ACTION]
XIII [IN THE BRITISH LINES]
XIV [THE ENEMY'S GUNS]
XV [A RAID]
XVI [CLOSING IN]
XVII [RAISING THE SIEGE]
XVIII [THE TIMELY BOMB]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOUR FRONTISPIECE BY H. K. ELCOCK.

[ A DASH FOR LIBERTY] (see [p. 102]),

DRAWINGS IN LINE BY H. EVISON.

[ THE STRUGGLE ON THE TELL ]

[ A MOUTHFUL OF SOAP ]

[ THE PRISONER ]

[ THE LAST SHOT ]

[ A CAPTIVE IN BONDS ]

[ STRANDED ]

[ MAJOR BURCKHARDT IS DISTURBED ]

[ THE DASH FOR THE MACHINE-GUN ]

[ THE BARBER IS MOBBED ]