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  THE BOY VOLUNTEERS SERIES

  By KENNETH WARD

  _12mo. Cloth. Fully Illustrated 50c per Volume_

  THE NEWEST BOYS' BOOKS ON THE EUROPEAN WAR, RELATING THE ADVENTURESOF TWO AMERICAN BOYS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES IN BATTLE AND ON AIR SCOUTDUTY. ALL PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH AUTHENTIC DRAWINGS.

  =The Boy Volunteers on the Belgian Front=

  Describes the adventures of two American boys who were in Europe whenthe great war commenced. Their enlistment with Belgian troops and theirremarkable experiences are based upon actual occurrences and the book isreplete with line drawings of fighting machines, air planes and maps ofplaces where the most important battles took place and of other mattersof interest.

  =The Boy Volunteers with the French Airmen=

  This book relates the further adventures of the young Americans inFrance, where they viewed the fighting from above the firing lines. Fromthis book the reader gains considerable knowledge of the different typesof air planes and battle planes used by the warring nations, as alldescriptions are illustrated with unusually clear line drawings.

  =The Boy Volunteers with the British Artillery=

  How many boys to-day know anything about the great guns now being usedon so many European battle fronts? Our young friends had the rareopportunity of witnessing, at first hand, a number of these terrificduels, and the story which is most fascinatingly told is illustratedwith numerous drawings of the British, French and German field pieces.

  =The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet=

  Our young heroes little expected to be favored with so rare anexperience as a trip under the sea in one of the great submarines. Inthis book the author accurately describes the submarine in action, andthe many interesting features of this remarkable fighting craft are madeclear to the reader by a series of splendid line drawings.

  THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY

  PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

  _An explosion followed that seemed to tear everything topieces._]

  THE BOY VOLUNTEERS WITH THE SUBMARINE FLEET

  BY KENNETH WARD

  THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY NEW YORK

  Copyright, 1917, by AMERICAN AUTHORS PUBLISHING CO.

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. THE OMINOUS WARNING ON SHIPBOARD 13

  II. THE TORPEDOED SHIP 25

  III. PRISONERS ON BOARD OF A SUBMARINE 37

  IV. THE TERRORS IN THE DARK ROOM OF AN UNDERSEA BOAT 49

  V. SOME OF THE MYSTERIES OF A SUBMARINE 58

  VI. GROPING THROUGH THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 68

  VII. CAUGHT IN THE DEEP SEA NETS 78

  VIII. THE NIGHT'S STRUGGLE TO FREE THE VESSEL 89

  IX. THE CAPTURE OF THE SUBMERGED VESSEL 99

  X. THE SECRET KEY TO THE BOMB FUSE 110

  XI. OPERATING THE SUBMARINE WITH A CAPTIVE CREW 120

  XII. THE DEATH BLOW TO THE SUBMARINE 130

  XIII. THE RESCUE IN THE CHANNEL 142

  XIV. TEN HOURS IN THE DANGER ZONE 151

  XV. A FRIGHTFUL MINE EXPLOSION 161