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Title: Banzai!

Author: Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff

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BANZAI!

[Illustration: "That's the Japanese _Satsuma_, Togo's _Satsuma_!"]

BANZAI!

BY

PARABELLUM

LEIPZIG
THEODOR WEICHER, PUBLISHER

NEW YORK
THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO., SALES AGENTS
33 EAST 17TH STREET (UNION SQUARE)

COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY
THEODOR WEICHER

COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY
THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.
_All rights reserved_

ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL, LONDON

Published, January, 1909

THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK

CONTENTS

PAGE

FOREWORD vii

INTRODUCTION ix

CHAPTER
I.--IN MANILA 1

II.--ON THE HIGH SEAS 34

III.--HOW IT BEGAN 49

IV.--ECHOES IN NEW YORK 61

V.--FATHER AND SON 69

VI.--A NIGHT IN NEW YORK 77

VII.--THE RED SUN OVER THE GOLDEN GATE 96

VIII.--IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH 105

IX.---A FORTY-EIGHT-HOUR BALANCE 121

X.--ADMIRAL PERRY'S FATE 142

XI.--CAPTAIN WINSTANLEY 171

XII.--ARE YOU WINSTANLEY? 185

XIII.--THE REVENGE FOR PORTSMOUTH 192

XIV.--ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WHIRLPOOL 206

XV.--A RAY OF LIGHT 211

XVI.--THROUGH FIRE AND SMOKE 217

XVII.--WHAT HAPPENED AT CORPUS CHRISTI 228

XVIII.--THE BATTLE OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS 243

XIX.--THE ASSAULT ON HILGARD 272

XX.---A FRIEND IN NEED 286

XXI.--DARK SHADOWS 295

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