_WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ NAVAL OCCASIONS A TALL SHIP THE LONG TRICK THE NAVY ETERNAL WHICH IS THE NAVY-THAT-FLOATS THE NAVY-THAT-FLIES AND THE NAVY-UNDER-THE-SEA BY “BARTIMEUS” DRAWINGS BY DOUGLAS SWALE [Illustration] HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO _Printed in Great Britain by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury._ DEDICATED TO CAPTAIN GORDON CAMPBELL, V.C., D.S.O., ROYAL NAVY. [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE PROLOGUE 17 CHAPTER I “USQUE AB OVO” 23 CHAPTER II IN THE TWILIGHT 48 CHAPTER III THE NAVY-THAT-FLIES 89 CHAPTER IV “LEST WE FORGET” 118 CHAPTER V THE FEET OF THE YOUNG MEN 156 CHAPTER VI GIPSIES OF THE SEA 164 CHAPTER VII THE DAY--AND THE MORNING AFTER 180 CHAPTER VIII THE NAVY-UNDER-THE-SEA 190 CHAPTER IX THE PORT LOOK-OUT 213 CHAPTER X THE SURVIVOR 220 CHAPTER XI THE Nth BATTLE SQUADRON 237 CHAPTER XII MYSTERY 257 CHAPTER XIII THE SPIRIT OF THE FLEET 273 CHAPTER XIV THE EPIC OF ST. GEORGE’S DAY, 1918 289 EPILOGUE 308 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “USQUE AB OVO” 23 HEAVY METAL 48 A STRIKING FORCE 55 THE LEFT FLANK 63 THE HUNT 69 OVERDUE 76