Contents
| CHAP. | |
| I. | [OFF TO THE SEAT OF WAR] |
| II. | [UNDER FIRE] |
| III. | [PRISONERS] |
| IV. | [THE SHEIKH'S SALT] |
| V. | [THE SANDSTORM] |
| VI. | [THE ESCAPE] |
| VII. | [THE FIGHT IN THE DESERT] |
| VIII. | [A DISCOVERY] |
| IX. | [THE MIRAGE] |
| X. | [CHALLENGED] |
| XI. | [THE MEDIAEVAL CITY] |
| XII. | [SIR JEHAN DE VALX] |
| XIII. | [THE MOSLEM HOST] |
| XIV. | [THE DASH FOR THE GUN] |
| XV. | [THE STRUGGLE AT THE BREACH] |
| XVI. | [SIR JEHAN'S SUCCESSOR] |
| XVII. | [THE FLIGHT FROM CROIXILIA] |
| XVIII. | [REEVES'S RUSE] |
| XIX. | [THE PERILS OF THE RIVER] |
| XX. | [RUNNING THE LAST GAUNTLET] |
| Illustrations |
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| ["'WHY, IT'S THE RIVER!' EXCLAIMED GERALD"] |
| Frontispiece |
| [THE APPROACH OF THE MONOPLANE] |
| [THE CITY OF CHARLETON] |
| [THE SECOND GUN TEST] |
| [A GOOD SHOT] |
CAPTURED AT TRIPOLI
CHAPTER I
Off to the Seat of War
"WELL, we've seen something of the fun," exclaimed Hugh Frazer, as the last of the 89th Regiment of Infantry filed through the jealously-guarded gateway of the Naval Yard at Naples. "Come on, let's get back to the front, and we may see the transports leave the bay."Hugh
Hugh Frazer and his stanch companion, Gerald Kit-by, were staying with the former's parents at the Hôtel des Etrangers. Both lads had been spending their summer holidays in Italy, and were leaving for England at the end of the week. They ought to have been already at school, but a slight attack of malaria, which with the utmost impartiality had affected both boys, had prevented them from returning to Rossall at the commencement of the term.