The Heroic Record of the British Navy: A Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918

by Archibald Hurd; Sir H. H. Bashford

THE HEROIC RECORD
of the
BRITISH NAVY

A Short History of
the Naval War
1914-1918

BY
ARCHIBALD HURD
AND
H. H. BASHFORD

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

To the generous help and criticisms of many participants in the events hereafter recorded, and particularly to Admirals Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa Flow and W. S. Sims of the United States Navy; to Vice-Admirals Sir F. Doveton Sturdee and Sir Reginald H. Bacon; and to Lieutenaut-Commander A. D. Turnbull of the United States Navy, the authors desire to express their most grateful acknowledgment.

CONTENTS

[Foreword]
CHAPTER
I. [August 4, 1914]
II. [The Battle of the Bight]
III. [Coronel]
IV. [The Battle of the Falkland Islands]
V. [Back to the North Sea]
VI. [The Seamen at Gallipoli]
VII. [Sub-mariners of England]
VIII. [The Battle of Jutland]
IX. [The Dover Patrol]
X. [The Sealing of Zeebrugge and Ostend]
XI. [The Coming of the Americans]
XII. [The Harvest of Sea Power]
[Index]