"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" ]