History of the World War, Volume 2 (of 7)

TORPEDOING OF THE BRITISH BATTLESHIP “ABOUKIR”
In the first few weeks of the war, when the navies of the world were still at open warfare, during a sharp engagement off the Hook of Holland in the North Sea the British warships “Aboukir”, “Cressy” and “Hogue” fell victims to the enemy. This sketch shows the “Aboukir” after a German torpedo had found its mark in her hull.
COMPLETE EDITION
An Authentic Narrative of The World’s Greatest War
By FRANCIS A. MARCH, Ph.D. In Collaboration with RICHARD J. BEAMISH Special War Correspondent and Military Analyst
With an Introduction By GENERAL PEYTON C. MARCH Chief of Staff of the United States Army
With Exclusive Photographs by JAMES H. HARE and DONALD THOMPSON World-Famed War Photographers and with Reproductions from the Official Photographs of the United States, Canadian, British, French and Italian Governments
MCMXIX LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY New York
Copyright, 1918 Francis A. March
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THE WORLD WAR
CAPTAIN MAHAN’S thesis that in any great war the nation possessing the greater sea power is likely to win, has been splendidly illustrated during the World War. The great English fleets have been the insuperable obstacle to the ambitious German plans of world dominion. The millions of soldiers landed in France from Great Britain, and its provinces, the millions of Americans transported in safety across the water, and the enormous quantities of supplies put at the disposal of the Allies depended, absolutely, upon the Allied control of the sea routes of the world. With a superior navy a German blockade of England would have brought her to terms in a short period, and France, left to fight alone, would have been an easy victim. The British navy has saved the world.