[Illustration: cover art]

The Thick of the Fray

at Zeebrugge

BY PERCY F. WESTERMAN LIEUT. R.A.F.
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[Illustration: THE U-BOAT DIVED SO ABRUPTLY THAT HER RUDDERS AND TWIN-SCREWS WERE CLEAR OF THE WATER (Frontispiece)]

The Thick of the Fray

at Zeebrugge

April, 1918

BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

Author of "Winning His Wings"
"With Beatty off Jutland"
"The Submarine Hunters"
&c. &c.


Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull


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