The Project Gutenberg eBook ofThe GunroomThis ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online atwww.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.Title: The GunroomAuthor: Charles MorganRelease date: July 17, 2016 [eBook #52591]Most recently updated: October 23, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by Henry Flower and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/American Libraries.)*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GUNROOM ***
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Title: The GunroomAuthor: Charles MorganRelease date: July 17, 2016 [eBook #52591]Most recently updated: October 23, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by Henry Flower and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/American Libraries.)
Title: The Gunroom
Author: Charles Morgan
Author: Charles Morgan
Release date: July 17, 2016 [eBook #52591]Most recently updated: October 23, 2024
Language: English
Credits: Produced by Henry Flower and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/American Libraries.)
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THE IMMORTAL GAMBLEAND THE PART PLAYED IN IT BY H.M.S. “CORNWALLIS”By A. T. STEWART,Acting-Commander, R.N.AND THERev.C. J. E. PESHALL,Chaplain, R.N.Post 8vo. Containing 32 page Illustrations from photographs, and a MapPrice 6/- net.(Post free 6/5)This book, written by two officers of the battleship from whose fore-turret was fired the first shot of the bombardment, gives an account of happenings of vital interest and importance. It is absorbing because the truth shines out everywhere, and you feel that for once you are really getting first-hand information as to what did happen. It bridges the gap between February 19th and April 25th (the date of the Great Landing), and of this period we have hitherto heard hardly anything. Besides the valuable nature of the material, this chronicle of great events is written with considerable literary skill. The authors have succeeded in making their “log” intimate. It is before all things a man’s book, and unless the publishers are much mistaken, this originally conceived Saga of the Straits will attract attention everywhere.
THE IMMORTAL GAMBLE
AND THE PART PLAYED IN IT BY H.M.S. “CORNWALLIS”
By A. T. STEWART,Acting-Commander, R.N.AND THERev.C. J. E. PESHALL,Chaplain, R.N.
Post 8vo. Containing 32 page Illustrations from photographs, and a Map
Price 6/- net.(Post free 6/5)
This book, written by two officers of the battleship from whose fore-turret was fired the first shot of the bombardment, gives an account of happenings of vital interest and importance. It is absorbing because the truth shines out everywhere, and you feel that for once you are really getting first-hand information as to what did happen. It bridges the gap between February 19th and April 25th (the date of the Great Landing), and of this period we have hitherto heard hardly anything. Besides the valuable nature of the material, this chronicle of great events is written with considerable literary skill. The authors have succeeded in making their “log” intimate. It is before all things a man’s book, and unless the publishers are much mistaken, this originally conceived Saga of the Straits will attract attention everywhere.
PUBLISHED BYA. AND C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 AND 6, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1
BYCHARLES LANGBRIDGE MORGAN
“We are carried so far out to sea that we lose sight of the quiet haven whence we set forth.”—Dialogus beati Gregorii Papæ ejusque diaconi Petri,translation 1608 andRobert Bridges.
A. & C. BLACK, LTD.4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 11919
CHAPTERPAGEI.THE SHORE RECEDES1II.SEEN THROUGH STEEL25III.A CHAPTER WITHOUT NAME36IV.WAR, CARPETS, AND CANDLES62V.TWO WORLDS85VI.STRAIN AND RELIEF101VII.MARGARET113VIII.THE NET143IX.QUARTERED ON THE KINGDOM149X.EASTERN SEAS162XI.AWAY FROM THE SHIP169XII.THE CAPTAIN IN CONFIDENCE177XIII.LOOKING BEYOND196XIV.WASTE AND WONDER212XV.TRAFALGAR AND THE RED LAMP227XVI.THE ENGINES236XVII.DECISION263XVIII.IN THE CROSS-PASSAGE276XIX.CRISIS287XX.WINGFIELD ALTER305XXI.THE CURRENCY311XXII.MARGARET IN THE NET320XXIII.AN INSTANT FREE334XXIV.ONE YEAR LATER: THE WORLD IN THE NET347