Two American Boys with the Dardanelles
Two American Boys with the Dardanelles by Sherman Crockett is available here as the complete text, split into 498 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Two American Boys with the Dardanelles
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- Chapter I Aboard the Greek Powerboat
- Chapter II The Gun Runner
- Chapter III The Threatening Peril
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V Contraband of War
- Chapter VI In the Glow of the Searchlight
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII Bombarding the Turkish Forts
- Chapter IX The Battle in the Straits
- Chapter X Amidst the Crash of Big Guns
- Chapter XI Where History Was Being Made
- Chapter XII After Darkness Fell
- Chapter XIII Headed for the Gallipoli Shore
- Chapter XIV Landing Under Fire
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI A Colonel of the “Kangaroos.”
- Chapter XVII To Surprise the Turks
- Chapter XVIII The Battle for the Trenches
- Chapter XIX After the Fight Was Over
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI The Hidden Battery on the Shore
- Chapter XXII Perils of the Trail
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV An Attack That Failed
- Chapter XXV Found at Last
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- Greek
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- Powerboat
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