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 ]