The Great Airship
BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
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17 Stanhope Street, Glasgow
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"AIRSHIP IN SIGHT, SIR!"Page 180
Frontispiece
The Great Airship
A Tale of Adventure
BY
LT.-COL. F. S. BRERETON
Author of "A Boy of the Dominion" "The Hero of Panama" "On the Field ofWaterloo" "John Bargreave's Gold" &c.
Illustrated by C. M. Padday
BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
LONDON AND GLASGOW
By Lt.-Col. F. S. Brereton
On the Field of Waterloo.
The Great Airship.
With the Allies to the Rhine.
Under French's Command.
Colin the Scout.
With Allenby in Palestine.
A Hero of Panama.
Foes of the Red Cockade.
Under the Chinese Dragon.
A Sturdy Young Canadian.
How Canada was Won.
John Bargreave's Gold.
With Shield and Assegai.
With Rifle and Bayonet.
In the King's Service.
The Dragon of Pekin.
One of the Fighting Scouts.
A Knight of St. John.
Roger the Bold.
The Rough Riders of the Pampas.
Indian and Scout.
The Great Aeroplane.
Tom Stapleton.
A Boy of the Dominion.
Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow
Contents
Chap. Page
I. The Fame of the Zeppelin 9
II. Andrew Provost's Resolution 25
III. Dicky Hamshaw, Midshipman 42
IV. The Great Airship 58
V. A Tour of Inspection 77
VI. Carl Reitberg, Sportsman 94
VII. En Route for Adrianople 111
VIII. The Besieged City 126
IX. Dick Hamshaw saves the Situation 144
X. A Thrilling Rescue 166
XI. Some Facts and Figures 187
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