Up went the man's arms, he staggered back and fell into the sea.
'Well done, Ken!' cried Roy. 'That's finished it.'
Ken scrambled to his feet and stared round in amazement.
'W—Where did the shell go?' he stammered.
'Somewhere in the direction of Constantinople,' was the reply. 'Your kick did it, Ken.'
'It's all right,' he added jubilantly.' The rest of the chaps have given in. The launch is ours.'
[CHAPTER XVIII]
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
'It seemed shabby to leave you to do all the fighting, but if I had come into it I'm afraid you'd have been left without a ship.'
The speaker was Lieutenant Strang, who stood on the deck of G2, which had risen again and was lying alongside the launch.
'It was your fellows who won the battle for us,' answered Captain Carrington cheerfully. 'I wish to congratulate you on the possession of two such men as Williams and Johnston.' Williams stepped forward and touched his cap.