The British Navy in Battle
BY ARTHUR H. POLLEN
ILLUSTRATED
Garden City New York DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1919
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
Xmas, 1915.
To the Admirals, Captains, Officers and Men of the Royal Navy and of the Royal Naval Reserve:
To the men of the merchant service and the landsmen who have volunteered for work afloat:
To all who are serving or fighting for their country at sea:
To all naval officers who are serving—much against their will—on land:
Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen
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THE FIRST CRISIS
THE SECOND CRISIS
THE THIRD CRISIS
THE FOURTH CRISIS
THE NEW ERA
SEA WAR
FIRE CONTROL
THE TORPEDO IN BATTLE
THE FIRST ATTEMPT
SUCCESS
A PROBLEM IN CONTROL
CORONEL
A. PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS
“KENT” V. “NÜRNBERG”
“CORNWALL” AND “GLASGOW” V. “LEIPZIG”
D. ACTION WITH THE ENEMY TRANSPORTS
BRITISH STRATEGY
THE TACTICS OF THE BATTLE
A POINT IN NAVAL ETHICS
THE NORTH SEA
THE ACTION: FIRST PHASE
THE TACTICAL PLANS
THE GERMAN RETREAT
THE NIGHT ACTIONS AND THE EVENTS OF JUNE 1
STRATEGICAL OBJECT
SIR ROGER KEYES’S TACTICS
ATTACK ON THE MOLE
MORAL EFFECT