Shout at the Devil [antikvár]

Foreword I will not deny that this story was suggested to me by the action in World War I, when the German mercantile raider Königsberg was sunk in the Kikunya channel of the Rufiji delta by ships of the Royal Navy. However, I will most emphatically deny that the rogues and scoundrels depicted in my tale bear the slightest resemblance to any members of the company of men that operated to the destruction of Königsberg. In particular, I would strongly resist the suggestion that Fl)mn Patrick 0'Fl)mn is based on the character of the gallant Colonel 'J^gle Man' Pretorius, who actually went aboard Königsbergs disguised as a native bearer, and paced out the ranges for the guns of His Majesty's warships Severn and Mersey. I would like to express my thanks to Lieutenant-Commander Mathers (RN retired) for his assistance in my researches.