Chapter I: Front Matter

Under the White Ensign

BY PERCY F. WESTERMAN

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LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

Under the White Ensign

A Naval Story of the Great War

BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

Author of "Rounding Up the Raider" "The Fight for Constantinople" &c.

_Illustrated by E. S. Hodgson_

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

Contents

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CHAP.
I. LADDIE'S WARNING
II. HELD UP BY A U-BOAT
III. THE BOMB IN THE HOLD
IV. A NIGHT ON THE NEUTRAL GROUND
V. THE ENCOUNTER WITH A SPY
VI. THE DUMMY PERISCOPE
VII. RAMMED
VIII. "IN THE DITCH"
IX. A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION
X. HOW THE LANDING PARTY FARED
XI. OSBORNE'S CAPTURE
XII. THE TURKISH BIPLANE
XIII. THE "SUNDERBUND'S" LIFE-BOAT
XIV. SUBMARINED
XV. CASTAWAYS ON A HOSTILE SHORE
XVI. 'TWIXT U-BOAT AND ARABS
XVII. THE WHALER'S VOYAGE
XVIII. IN THE NICK OF TIME
XIX. MISUNDERSTANDINGS
XX. THE DESERT WIRELESS STATION
XXI. "A PROPER LASH UP"
XXII. THE FOULED PROPELLERS
XXIII. DRIVEN TO DESTRUCTION
XXIV. THE CHASE OF THE FELUCCA
XXV. AN UNKNOWN ANTAGONIST
XXVI. REUNITED
XXVII. A DARING OPERATION
XXVIII. OSBORNE'S REWARD

Illustrations

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"TRUE TO THE LONG-ESTABLISHED AND GLORIOUS
CUSTOM OF THE SEA" - - - Frontispiece

"ONE BY ONE FIVE GERMANS STUMBLED UP THE LADDER"

"THE SUBMARINE WAS NOW IN AN AWKWARD PLIGHT"

"PROGRESS WAS TEDIOUSLY SLOW"

"THE GREEKS WENT DOWN LIKE NINEPINS"

UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN

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