Illustrations

IN COLOUR
	Page
"Britain's Sure Shield"	[Frontispiece]
Uniforms of the British Navy: Midshipman, Admiral, Flag-Lieutenant, Secretary (Fleet Paymaster)	[96]
Uniforms of the British Navy: A.B. (Marching Order), 1st Class Petty Officer, Stoker	[188]
Uniforms of the Royal Marines: Gunner, R.M.A.; Colour-Sergeant, R.M.L.I.; Major, R.M.A	[236]
IN BLACK-AND-WHITE
H.M.S. "Dreadnought" Firing a Broadside of 12-inch Guns	[10]
Learning to Fight Zeppelins	[16]
A War-galley in the Days of King Alfred	[36]
The "Great Harry", the First Big Battleship of the British Navy	[70]
A Sea-fight in Tudor Times	[78]
Destroying a Straggler from the Armada	[82]
Lord Howard Attacking a Ship of the Spanish Armada	[84]
The "Royal George" Engaging the "Soleil Royal" in Quiberon Bay, 1759	[90]
The "Victory" in Gala Dress	[92]
"The Glorious 1st of June", 1794	[94]
The Release of Christian Prisoners at Algiers	[108]
The Fight between a Merchantman and a Turkish Pirate	[112]
Teaching the Spaniard "The Honour of the Flag"	[118]
The Battle of the Nore, June, 1653, between the English and Dutch	[122]
The "Dulle Griete" at Ghent	[130]
The Main Gun Deck on H.M.S. "Victory"	[140]
Naval Gunnery in the Old Days	[142]
13.5-inch Guns on H.M.S. "Conqueror"	[144]
H.M.S. "Warrior", our First Sea-going Ironclad Battleship	[154]
A Monster Gun which is now Obsolete	[162]
A Fleet of Submarines in Portsmouth Harbour	[176]
English Bluejackets at the Defence of Acre	[192]
The Naval Brigade in the Battle of El-Teb	[200]
Our Seamen Gunners with a Maxim	[202]
Deck of a "Dreadnought" Cleared for Action	[206]
The British Submarine "E2"	[216]
The 13.5-inch Gun: Some Idea of its Length	[238]
6-inch Gun Drill: The Breech Open	[240]
The Sinking of the German Cruiser "Mainz"	[248]
"Missed!"; the Helm the Best Weapon against Torpedoes	[258]
The British Air Raid on Cuxhaven: Drawing by John de G. Bryan	[302]
The British Air Raid on Cuxhaven: Sea-plane flown by Flight-Commander R. Ross	[304]