Rounding up the Raider: A Naval Story of the Great War

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southerly course. By dint of careful stoking, her funnels emitted little or

reached the fortieth parallel, or considerably farther to the south'ard than

w, being unprovided with warm garments, suffered

e limited means at the disposal of the ship would permit, one of the crew slipped, and striking his head

of the German system. The usual practice would have been to sew the body up in a

am" painted on the stern, was lowered. In it t

nows no law, agreed with him-that the boat would be sighted by one of the

roused by the sudden increase of the revolutions of

" asked O'Hara. "They've g

we are locked in we may just as well go to sleep again. I

f in his blankets. "Thank goodness it's not our watch. If these fellows

ms talked at intervals until the appearance of Fritz

se, that they were not prohibited from going on deck, a

w were at work with hoses, washing down the planks with salt water in order to clear away the thin coating of ic

y, almost appearing black. She flew no flag, but a signal fluttered from the foremast. Owing to the direction of the wind it was impossible,

raft under observation, while on the after-bridge Kapitan von Ries

nded the bridge and strolled aft. Affecting surprise

at vessel, Herr Denbigh

shook

o our fleet since the outbreak of war, and I haven't been in Home Wate

rhaps. It is somewhat strange that she hasn't opened fire before now. Perhaps it i

you have refrained from using your qui

colours, sir," reported on

ag to blow athwartships. At the same moment the signal that had been kept f

English trick," said the

It looks as if we are dished this time. We were

tly less than a mile. Still she made no attempt t

at length. "It will be all the same in another twenty mi

by a prolonged blast on the stranger's siren, then from the ex

The British system differs from the German, which again varies with the French and Spani

hile one of the crew began to cheer-a demons

ll suspicious he ordered the torpedo tubes t

ks were black with humanity, and the air was rent with cries of "Hoch!" Then came

gh. "What does it all mean? Ther

o," agree

her stern and on her boats and life-buoys. She carried no guns except a couple of small brass signalling pieces. Her officers a

ed sight. No one offered to order them below. It was p

olds of the South American vessel. Carcass after carcass of oxen and sheep were brought on deck. From the oxen were produced long bundles wrapped in cloth. Every bundle contained four modern magazine rifles. Enclosed with the frozen mutton were small shells and rifle ammunition. As fast as the munitions were t

warlike stores Denbigh had overheard enough c

he South Atlantic had been expected, and her progress, based upon reports from British cruisers and duly transmitted by spies to Buenos Ayres, reached the projectors of the scheme with remarkable prom

ty of the "passengers". At the same time the report was spread in Buenos Ayres and Monte Video that the Pelikan had been sighted making for Bahia-a matter of two thousand miles N.N.E. of the estuary of the

ood of Bahia. The southern patrol remained in the vicinity of the Falklands. Thus the Pelikan had the chance of a free and uninterrupted run eastwa

o their idea and belief South Africa was in rebellion, and that German South-West Africa was once more a Teutonic colony. India, too, had revolted and joined the Turks, who had occupied Persia and Beluchistan. Mention was also made of the impending advance of the Turco-Germanic armies through Tibet and China to establish a v

ssels parted company, the Argentine returning to Buenos Ayres while the P