WITH PORTRAIT AND PLANS
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1920
First Edition, November 1920
Reprinted, December 1920
All Rights Reserved
Printed by Hasell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury, England.
TO
THE GALLANT OFFICERS AND MEN
WHOM I HAD THE HONOUR TO COMMAND
DURING THE GREAT WAR
IN
GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF
A LOYAL DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE
THAT GREATLY LIGHTENED THE
RESPONSIBILITY
BORNE BY
"THE OLD MAN"
PREFACE
This is not in any sense a history of the operations of our naval forces in Europe during the Great War, much less a history of the naval operations as a whole. That would require not only many volumes, but prolonged and careful research by competent historians. When such a work is completed, our people will realize for the first time the admirable initiative with which the gallant personnel of our navy responded to the requirements of an unprecedented naval situation.