Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet
Harry Castlemon
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THE BOY VOLUNTEERS SERIES
By KENNETH WARD
_12mo. Cloth. Fully Illustrated 50c per Volume_
THE NEWEST BOYS' BOOKS ON THE EUROPEAN WAR, RELATING THE ADVENTURESOF TWO AMERICAN BOYS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES IN BATTLE AND ON AIR SCOUTDUTY. ALL PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH AUTHENTIC DRAWINGS.
=The Boy Volunteers on the Belgian Front=
Describes the adventures of two American boys who were in Europe whenthe great war commenced. Their enlistment with Belgian troops and theirremarkable experiences are based upon actual occurrences and the book isreplete with line drawings of fighting machines, air planes and maps ofplaces where the most important battles took place and of other mattersof interest.
=The Boy Volunteers with the French Airmen=
This book relates the further adventures of the young Americans inFrance, where they viewed the fighting from above the firing lines. Fromthis book the reader gains considerable knowledge of the different typesof air planes and battle planes used by the warring nations, as alldescriptions are illustrated with unusually clear line drawings.
=The Boy Volunteers with the British Artillery=
How many boys to-day know anything about the great guns now being usedon so many European battle fronts? Our young friends had the rareopportunity of witnessing, at first hand, a number of these terrificduels, and the story which is most fascinatingly told is illustratedwith numerous drawings of the British, French and German field pieces.
=The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet=
Our young heroes little expected to be favored with so rare anexperience as a trip under the sea in one of the great submarines. Inthis book the author accurately describes the submarine in action, andthe many interesting features of this remarkable fighting craft are madeclear to the reader by a series of splendid line drawings.
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
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THE BOY VOLUNTEERS WITH THE SUBMARINE FLEET
BY KENNETH WARD
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY NEW YORK
Copyright, 1917, by AMERICAN AUTHORS PUBLISHING CO.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE OMINOUS WARNING ON SHIPBOARD 13
II. THE TORPEDOED SHIP 25
III. PRISONERS ON BOARD OF A SUBMARINE 37
IV. THE TERRORS IN THE DARK ROOM OF AN UNDERSEA BOAT 49
V. SOME OF THE MYSTERIES OF A SUBMARINE 58
VI. GROPING THROUGH THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 68
VII. CAUGHT IN THE DEEP SEA NETS 78
VIII. THE NIGHT'S STRUGGLE TO FREE THE VESSEL 89
IX. THE CAPTURE OF THE SUBMERGED VESSEL 99
X. THE SECRET KEY TO THE BOMB FUSE 110
XI. OPERATING THE SUBMARINE WITH A CAPTIVE CREW 120
XII. THE DEATH BLOW TO THE SUBMARINE 130
XIII. THE RESCUE IN THE CHANNEL 142
XIV. TEN HOURS IN THE DANGER ZONE 151
XV. A FRIGHTFUL MINE EXPLOSION 161
