Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/gunrunningforcas00spin GUN RUNNING FOR CASEMENT * * * * * * _NEW NOVELS_ MAINWARING MAURICE HEWLETT THE BLACK DIAMOND F. BRETT YOUNG REVOLUTION J. D. BERESFORD THE LEPER'S BELL MASSICKS SPARROY THE JOURNAL OF HENRY BULVER C. VEHEYNE THE DEATH OF SOCIETY ROMER WILSON * * * * * * GUN RUNNING FOR CASEMENT IN THE EASTER REBELLION, 1916 by Reserve-Lieutenant KARL SPINDLER of the German Navy Translated by W. Montgomery, M.A. (Late Lieutenant R.N.V.R.) and E. H. McGrath, M.A. [Illustration: Logo] London: 48 Pall Mall W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Melbourne Auckland Copyright, 1921 CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS 1 II. THE MYSTERY SHIP 7 III. SIR ROGER CASEMENT AND THE IRISH PLANS 9 IV. 'MYSTERY' CARGO AND CAMOUFLAGE EQUIPMENT 13 V. THE 'LIBAU' SAILS--AND BECOMES THE 'AUD' 22 VI. UNDER FALSE COLOURS 26 VII. A DRESS REHEARSAL 30 VIII. IN ENEMY WATERS 35 IX. THE FIRST SIGN OF THE ENEMY 42 X. SOME EXCITEMENTS 45 XI. ON THE EDGE OF THE ARCTIC SEA 51 XII. RIGHT THROUGH THE BLOCKADE 54 XIII. OFF THE ROCKALLS IN A HURRICANE 69 XIV. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 78 XV. PLANS AND DREAMS 82 XVI. WE REACH OUR GOAL 86 XVII. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN TRALEE BAY 91 XVIII. UNWELCOME GUESTS 106 XIX. A STERN CHASE 123 XX. THE 'PHANTOM SHIP' IN A TRAP 132 XXI. WE PREPARE TO SINK OUR SHIP 144 XXII. THE SINKING OF THE 'LIBAU' 147 XXIII. A SECOND 'BARALONG?' 156 XXIV. LAWFUL COMBATANT OR PIRATE? 165 XXV. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT ESCAPE 175 XXVI. A BOLDER PLAN 190 XXVII. THE ESCAPE 203 XXVIII. THE MISSING AERODROME 214 XXIX. RECAPTURE 226 XXX. THE PRIZE-COURT INQUIRY 236 CHAPTER I A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The date was the 21st of March, 1916.