Produced by Al Haines [Illustration: Cover art] [Frontispiece: DENBIGH AND HIS COMPANIONS ARE RESCUED BY A MONITOR _Page_ 207. _Frontispiece_] ROUNDING UP THE RAIDER A Naval Story of the Great War BY PERCY F. WESTERMAN Author of "The Fight for Constantinople" "Sea Scouts All" &c. &c. _Illustrated by E. S. Hodgson_ BLACKIE & SON LIMITED LONDON AND GLASGOW 1916 By Percy F. Westerman Haunted Harbour. His Unfinished Voyage. Midshipman Webb's Treasure Winged Might. Captain Flick. Tireless Wings. His First Ship. The Red Pirate. The Call of the Sea. Standish of the Air Police. Sleuths of the Air. Andy-All-Alone. The Westow Talisman. The White Arab. The Buccaneers of Boya. Rounding up the Raider. Captain Fosdyke's Gold. In Defiance of the Ban. The Senior Cadet. The Amir's Ruby. The Secret of the Plateau. Leslie Dexter, Cadet. All Hands to the Boats. A Mystery of the Broads. Rivals of the Reef. Captain Starlight. On the Wings of the Wind. Captain Blundell's Treasure. The Third Officer. Unconquered Wings. Pat Stobart in the "Golden Dawn". Ringed by Fire. Midshipman Raxworthy. Chums of the "Golden Vanity". Clipped Wings. Rocks Ahead. King for a Month. The Disappearing Dhow. The Luck of the "Golden Dawn". The Salving of the "Fusi Yama". Winning his Wings. The Good Ship "Golden Effort". East in the "Golden Gain". The Quest of the "Golden Hope". The Wireless Officer. The Submarine Hunters. The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge. With Beatty off Jutland. The Dispatch Riders. A Cadet of the Mercantile Marine. With the Last of the Buccaneers. A Lively Bit of the Front. The Westerman Omnibus Book _Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow_ Contents CHAP. I. THE CAPTURED LINER II. THE LAST OF THE _NICHI MARU_ III. ON BOARD THE RAIDER IV. THREATENED V. THE PURSUIT OF THE _PELIKAN_ VI. THE DECOY VII. FOILED BY A COLLIER VIII. REINFORCEMENTS IX. THE MIDNIGHT LANDING X. THE LAGOON XI. DENBIGH'S PLAN XII. A PERILOUS JOURNEY XIII. NOCTURNAL INVESTIGATIONS XIV. A NEGLECTED WARNING XV. ARMSTRONG'S PART XVI. THE DISASTER TO THE _MYRA_ XVII. A BID FOR FREEDOM XVIII. DISAPPOINTMENT XIX. "OUR LUCK'S OUT" XX. ADRIFT IN THE INDIAN OCEAN XXI. VON ECKENSTEIN'S SURPRISE XXII. THE MONITORS IN ACTION XXIII. HOW THE _PELIKAN_ SURRENDERED XXIV. THE LANDING PARTY XXV. ACCOUNTED FOR Illustrations DENBIGH AND HIS COMPANIONS ARE PICKED UP BY A MONITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ "BY JOVE!" EJACULATED O'HARA. "SHE MUST BE ONE OF OUR MONITORS" THE 'LOG' WAS A HEALTHY SPECIMEN OF A CROCODILE "UNLESS THE GERMAN ENSIGN is HAULED DOWN ON BOARD THE _PELIKAN_ WITHIN AN HOUR, I OPEN FIRE" ROUNDING UP THE RAIDER CHAPTER I The Captured Liner