oberleutnant

Updated: June 11, 2025

"But she made me promise not to return to her unless I had sunk with my own hands a merchant ship flying the cursed English flag." "She is easily pleased, your betrothed," retorted the Oberleutnant, and moved back from the periscope. "Your request is granted. But remember I shall demand an introduction when we return.... It is a long shot.

Bartimeus - The Long Trick

Oberleutnant Otto von Sperrgebiet, of the Imperial German Navy, sat on the edge of a Submarine's conning-tower with a chart open on his knees, and smoked a cigarette. It was not a brand he cared about particularly, but it had been looted from the Captain's cabin of a neutral cargo steamer on the previous afternoon.

Bartimeus - The Long Trick