CAPTAIN CHARLES GILSON

Author of 'A Motor Scout in Flanders,' 'The Lost Empire,' 'The Sword

of Freedom,' 'The Pirate Aeroplane,' 'The Spy,' 'The Race Round the

World,' 'The Sword of Deliverance,' 'The Fire-Gods', 'The Lost Island,'

'The Lost Column,' etc.

THE VERY FIRST PROJECTILE BURST DIRECTLY OVER THE BRIDGE

LONDON

"THE BOY'S OWN PAPER" OFFICE

4 Bouverie Street