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BATTLEWRACK

by

F. BRITTEN AUSTIN

Author of "In Action," "The Shaping of Lavinia"






Hodder and Stoughton
London      New York      Toronto




 TO
 CHARLES F. GABB
 IN HIS PRIVATE AFFECTIONS
 THE PATTERN OF STINTLESS FRIENDSHIP
 IN HIS SELFLESS PATRIOTISM
 THE MODEL OF A TRUE ENGLISHMAN
 THESE SKETCHES OF HUMANITY AT STRIFE
 ARE DEDICATED
 IN THE GRATITUDE OF A LONG MEMORY




CONTENTS


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 The Battery (1914)                                   1

 Pro Patria                                          27

 Nerves!                                             48

 The Air Scout (1914)