Chapter I: Front Matter

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GUN RUNNING FOR CASEMENT

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_NEW NOVELS_

MAINWARING MAURICE HEWLETT

THE BLACK DIAMOND F. BRETT YOUNG

REVOLUTION J. D. BERESFORD

THE LEPER'S BELL MASSICKS SPARROY

THE JOURNAL OF HENRY BULVER C. VEHEYNE

THE DEATH OF SOCIETY ROMER WILSON

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GUN RUNNING FOR CASEMENT IN THE EASTER REBELLION, 1916

by

Reserve-Lieutenant KARL SPINDLER

of the German Navy

Translated by W. Montgomery, M.A. (Late Lieutenant R.N.V.R.) and E. H. McGrath, M.A.

London: 48 Pall Mall W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. Glasgow Melbourne Auckland

Copyright, 1921

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS 1

II. THE MYSTERY SHIP 7

III. SIR ROGER CASEMENT AND THE IRISH PLANS 9

IV. 'MYSTERY' CARGO AND CAMOUFLAGE EQUIPMENT 13

V. THE 'LIBAU' SAILS--AND BECOMES THE 'AUD' 22

VI. UNDER FALSE COLOURS 26

VII. A DRESS REHEARSAL 30

VIII. IN ENEMY WATERS 35

IX. THE FIRST SIGN OF THE ENEMY 42

X. SOME EXCITEMENTS 45

XI. ON THE EDGE OF THE ARCTIC SEA 51

XII. RIGHT THROUGH THE BLOCKADE 54

XIII. OFF THE ROCKALLS IN A HURRICANE 69

XIV. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 78

XV. PLANS AND DREAMS 82

XVI. WE REACH OUR GOAL 86

XVII. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN TRALEE BAY 91

XVIII. UNWELCOME GUESTS 106

XIX. A STERN CHASE 123

XX. THE 'PHANTOM SHIP' IN A TRAP 132

XXI. WE PREPARE TO SINK OUR SHIP 144

XXII. THE SINKING OF THE 'LIBAU' 147

XXIII. A SECOND 'BARALONG?' 156

XXIV. LAWFUL COMBATANT OR PIRATE? 165

XXV. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT ESCAPE 175

XXVI. A BOLDER PLAN 190

XXVII. THE ESCAPE 203

XXVIII. THE MISSING AERODROME 214

XXIX. RECAPTURE 226

XXX. THE PRIZE-COURT INQUIRY 236