[Illustration: "AIM LOW, SONNY! AIM LOW. YOU WILL SEE YOUR BULLET-SPLASHES"]
Author of "Gunboat and Gun-runner" "John Graham, Sub-Lieutenant, R.N." "Ford of H.M.S. Vigilant" &c.
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY 1917
In this book I have endeavoured to write a gun-room tale which will give a general impression of the part played by the Royal Navy during the Dardanelles operations, and of gun-room life under these conditions.
In writing it I have been greatly assisted by many shipmates--officers, petty officers, and men--who have been employed away from the ship, on various occasions, either on shore or in steamboats, tugs, or motor-lighters. From their accounts it has been possible to bring into the book descriptions of some interesting incidents and operations which did not come under my personal observation.
My thanks are due, more especially, to Lieutenant H. A. D. Keate, R.N., and to Lieutenant V. E. Kemball, R.N., of this ship, who have read laboriously through the manuscript as it progressed, corrected many errors of fact and detail, and suggested very many improvements to the story as a whole.
I. The "*Achates*" goes to Sea II. The Gun-Room of the "*Achates*" III. Ordered to the Mediterranean IV. The Bombardment of Smyrna Forts V. The "*Achates*" is Shelled VI. A Night's Adventure VII. Off to the Dardanelles VIII. The Landing on Gallipoli IX. The "River Clyde" X. A Night Attack XI. The Beach Party XII. Off Cape Helles XIII. The Army comes to a Standstill XIV. Submarines Appear XV. A Peaceful Month XVI. A Glorious Picnic XVII. A "Cutting-out" Expedition XVIII. Bombarding at Suvla Bay XIX. The Army again comes to a Standstill XX. Hard Work at Mudros XXI. The Evacuation of Suvla Bay XXII. A Terrible Night XXIII. In "Dug-outs" at Cape Helles XXIV. The Evacuation of Cape Helles XXV. The "*Achates*" Returns to Malta
"'Aim low, sonny! Aim low! You will see your bullet-splashes'" . . . Frontispiece
"The Gunnery Lieutenant now flew about, jumping from voice pipes to range-finder and back again"
"The Lamp-post jumped up, seized the box, hoisted it on his shoulder, and disappeared ahead"
The Gun-room Court Martial on the China Doll
Sketch Map of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles