TO KIEL IN THE "HERCULES" [Illustration: "THE THREE ADMIRALS:" REAR ADMIRAL ROBINSON, U. S. N. (LEFT), VICE ADMIRAL BROWNING, R. N. (CENTER), REAR ADMIRAL GROSSET (FRENCH) (RIGHT)] TO KIEL IN THE "HERCULES" BY LIEUT. LEWIS R. FREEMAN, R. N. V. R. Official Correspondent with the Grand Fleet, and Member of Staff of Allied Naval Armistice Commission _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR_ [Illustration] NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1919 COPYRIGHT, 1919 BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC. VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I INTO GERMAN WATERS 1 II GETTING DOWN TO WORK 31 III FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF "STARVING GERMANY" 61 IV ACROSS THE SANDS TO NORDERNEY 92 V NORDHOLZ, THE DEN OF THE ZEPPELINS 122 VI MERCHANT SHIPPING 154 VII THE BOMBING OF TONDERN 179 VIII THROUGH THE CANAL TO THE BALTIC 198 IX TO WARNEMÜNDE AND RÜGEN 224 X JUTLAND AS A GERMAN SAW IT 255 XI BACK TO BASE 283 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "The Three Admirals." Rear Admiral Robinson, U. S. N. (left), Vice Admiral Browning, R. N. (center), Rear Admiral Grosset, (French) (right) _Frontispiece_ Heligoland in sight! 18 Members of the Allied Naval Commission, Admiral Browning in center 34 The Allied Naval Commission and Staff, taken on board _Hercules_ 34 The Padre of the _Hercules_ talking with newly arrived British prisoners 40 In the Elbe, Hamburg 166 Railroad station at Hamburg 166 Floating dock for lifting submarines in Kiel Harbour 182 Birdseye view of Kiel 192 In Kiel dockyard 192 H. M. S. _Viceroy_ entering Kiel Canal lock at Brunsbüttel 200 Semaphore station on Kiel Canal, from _Hercules_ 206 Kiel dockyard from the Harbour 214 Foreshore of Kiel Harbour with the Kaiserlich Yacht Club at left of grove of trees 220