Frank Forester: A Story of the Dardanelles

Frank Forester: A Story of the Dardanelles

I A MEETING IN THE HILLS II CONCERNING A CARPET III DISTURBERS OF TRAFFIC IV THE COMING STORM V UNDER ARREST VI RIGOUR VII TEMPTATION VIII A LEAP IN THE DARK IX A REHEARSAL X A BRITISH SHELL XI DANGER XII IN THE HILLS XIII SHARING A SEPULCHRE XIV 'A CHIEL AMANG THEM' XV OUT OF ACTION XVI TWO MEN IN A LAUNCH XVII THROUGH THE NARROWS XVIII THE LANDING AT ANZAC XIX A TIGHT CORNER XX FISHING XXI IN A RING FENCE XXII THE HOLY MEN XXIII CAPTURING A SUBMARINE XXIV V.C. One afternoon in July 1914, a party of five men was making its way slowly through a defile in the hills of Armenia. The singular verb is strictly appropriate, for the five men kept close together, always in the same order, and, being mounted, might have appeared to a distant observer almost as one monstrous many-legged creature, hideously shaped. At a nearer view, however, the spectator would probably have been interested in the various composition of the party, and in certain picturesque elements pertaining to its individual members. The foremost, preceding the rest by three parts of the length of his grey horse, was a study in colour. A black turban surmounted a copper-coloured face, the most striking feature of which was a thin aquiline nose hooked at the extremity, with finely arched nostrils, and a deep dent between bushy brows out of which gleamed sloe-black eyes. On either side of his nose streamed a long, black, fiercely twirled moustache, and his shaven chin stuck out with a sort of aggressive powerfulness. A blue tunic clothed him from shoulders to waist, where he was girt with a red sash bristling with a dagger, a long knife, and several pistols. Baggy white trousers were tucked into long red boots fitted with large spurs. In his right hand he held a long bamboo lance, from which dangled a number of black balls. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 42943
Author: Strang, Herbert
Release Date: Jun 13, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Cuneo, Cyrus, 1879-1916