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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet by James R. Driscoll This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet Author: James R. Driscoll Release Date: July 19, 2004 [EBook #12939] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WITH THE SUBMARINE FLEET *** Produced by Jim Ludwig THE BRIGHTON BOYS WITH THE SUBMARINE FLEET by Lieutenant James R. Driscoll CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. Good-by, Brighton II. Down in a Submarine III. Sealed Orders IV. Somewhere in the North Sea V. The German Raiders VI. Rammed by a Destroyer VII. In a Mine Field VIII. A Rescue IX. Vive La France! X. Attacked from the Sky XI. In the Fog XII. Yankee Camouflage XIII. The Survivors XIV. On the Bottom of the Sea XV. The Human Torpedo XVI. In the Wireless Station XVII. Up from the Depths XVIII. In the Rat's Nest XIX. Capturing a U-Boat XX. The Mother Ship XXI. Trapped XXII. Yankee Ingenuity XXIII. Out of the Net XXIV. Into Zeebrugge XXV. Chlorine Gas XXVI. The Stars and Stripes CHAPTER I GOOD-BY, BRIGHTON "Wanted: young men to enlist in Uncle Sam's submarine fleet for service in European waters." The magic words stood out in bold type from the newspaper that Jack Hammond held spread out over his knees. Underneath the caption ran a detailed statement setting forth the desire of the United States Government to recruit at once a great force of young Americans to man the undersea ships that were to be sent abroad for service against Germany. Stirred by the appeal, Jack snatched the paper closer and read every word of the advertisement, his eyes dancing with interest. "Your country needs you _now_!" it ran; and further on: "The only way to win the war is to carry it right home to the foe!" Below, in more of the bold type, it concluded: "Don't delay a moment---while you hesitate your country waits!" From beginning to end Jack read the appeal again. Before his eyes in fancy flashed the picture of a long, lithe steel vessel skimming the ocean, captain and crew on the lookout for the enemy, the S
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