Chapter X: “home and Beauty” 300

ILLUSTRATIONS.

_From Drawings by the CHEVALIER EDOUARDO DE MARTINO and FRED T. JANE._

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“They were all a mass of lights” (_see page_ 35) _Frontispiece_

“Even some obsolete gunboats” 9

“Masthead electric lights of novel design are being fitted to
some of the larger battleships” 13

“Was only a steam yacht” 19

“Certain craft were ordered to use their search-lights
in combination” 29

“A number of French ships were coming out” 33

“Suddenly a ship near the centre of the French line began to use
her search-lights” 37

“The effect of the light when it shines in the eyes of the
spectator is confusing” 41

“It is impossible to guess how far off the projector is” 45

“A torpedo hit us on the port bow” 49

“By the enemy’s terrible fire” 53

“Remember what they will say at home” 57

“The _Alexandra_ has also arrived” 61

“The Channel Fleet has been ordered home” 67

“Ships were taking in powder and shell” 71

“A couple of first-class torpedo boats were sent out” 75

“Every vessel opened in the direction of the foe” 79

“They rendered all the other craft of the enemy invisible” 83

“It was fearful work; the very silence of the grey boats made
the scene the more impressive” 87

“The blowing up of the _Minotaur_” 91

“The attack on the _Hercules_” 95

“May I never live to have another so awful experience” 99

“A torpedo exploded under her own port quarter” 103

“The _Bellona_ ashore” 107

“Whose steam launch narrowly escaped being run down” 111

“The Fleet at Spithead” 115

The letter of marque _Valdivia_ (afterwards _Mary Rose_) 121

Deck plan of the _Valdivia_ 129

“Off the Rock” 139

“They opened a furious fire” 143

“All night long the bombardment continued” 147

No. 70 153

“I have done it!” 159

The _Mary Rose_ escorted out of the Tyne 171

“The foretop over which peeped the covered muzzle of a gun” 177

“Give her the bow 9·4-in. gun” 185

The _Mary Rose_ and prizes entering Plymouth Sound 189

Coaling off the Wadi Gloug 197

“Steaming with his coal” 201

“Ordered the starboard 9·4-in. gun to be fired” 207

“It was impossible to distinguish the order in which the
French Fleet was steaming” 217

_Mary Rose_ torpedoing an ironclad 223

“Suspicious-looking objects were creeping up” 241

“It was short, quick, terrible work” 245

“Their white bow waves betrayed them” 249

“Suddenly a rocket shot up” 253

“The _Troude_ was warily coming up” 259

“On board the _Cécille_ a perfectly awful state of affairs
was found” 263

The _Cristoforo Colombo_ 275

“In the days of sailing ships” 279

An Atlantic greyhound 283

“Gib” 287

The _Royal Sovereign_ 291

“I had the misfortune to lose the _Dreadnought_” 295

A “glorious first of June” 301