The 

 Kangaroo Marines 

 

 By 

 CAPT. R. W. CAMPBELL 

 

 Author of "Private Spud Tamson" 

 

 CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne 

 

 First Published 1915 

 

 DEDICATED TO THE CONQUERORS OF ANZAC AND THE MANY KIND FRIENDS I MET IN AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, AND THE DARDANELLES 

 

 PREFACE 

 I am not an Australasian, I am a Scot. Therefore, I hold no special brief for the folks down under. But I am an Imperialist—one filled with admiration for our overseas Dominions and the self-sacrifice of our colonial cousins. They have played the game. They have astonished the world. They have even exceeded our own expectations. Let us not stint our praise. Let us write deep in the annals of our literature and military history this supreme devotion, this noble heroism. And in the greater Councils of Empire let us see to it that these sons of the Motherland have a say in settling affairs. 

 And I can claim at least the right to write 

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