The British Navy In Battle

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Author

Pollen, Arthur Joseph Hungerford, 1866-1937

Title

The British Navy in Battle

Credits

Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Great Britain. Royal Navy

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54441

Release Date

March 26, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BRITISH NAVY IN BATTLE
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF LINE CUTS
4. 4.THE BRITISH NAVY IN BATTLE — CHAPTER I A Greeting by Way of Dedication
5. 5.CHAPTER II A Retrospect — THE FIRST CRISIS — THE SECOND CRISIS — THE THIRD CRISIS — THE FOURTH CRISIS — THE NEW ERA
6. 6.CHAPTER III Sea Fallacies: A Plea for First Principles
7. 7.CHAPTER IV Some Root Doctrines — SEA WAR
8. 8.CHAPTER V Elements of Sea Force
9. 9.CHAPTER VI The Actions
10. 10.CHAPTER VII 1. Naval Gunnery, Weapons, and Technique — FIRE CONTROL — THE TORPEDO IN BATTLE
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII The Action That Never Was Fought
12. 12.CHAPTER IX The Destruction of “Koenigsberg” — THE FIRST ATTEMPT — SUCCESS — A PROBLEM IN CONTROL
13. 13.CHAPTER X Capture of H.I.G.M.S. “Emden”
14. 14.CHAPTER XI The Career of Von Spee — CORONEL
15. 15.CHAPTER XII Battle of the Falkland Islands (I) THE CAREER OF VON SPEE (II) — A. PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII Battle of the Falkland Islands (II) B. ACTION WITH THE ARMOURED CRUISERS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV Battle of the Falkland Islands (III) C. ACTION WITH THE LIGHT CRUISERS — “KENT” V. “NÜRNBERG” — “CORNWALL” AND “GLASGOW” V. “LEIPZIG” — D. ACTION WITH THE ENEMY TRANSPORTS
18. 18.CHAPTER XV Battle of the Falkland Islands (IV) STRATEGY—TACTICS—GUNNERY — BRITISH STRATEGY — THE TACTICS OF THE BATTLE — A POINT IN NAVAL ETHICS
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI The Heligoland Affair — THE NORTH SEA
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII The Action off the Dogger Bank
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII The Dogger Bank II
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX The Battle of Jutland I. NORTH SEA STRATEGIES
23. 23.CHAPTER XX The Battle of Jutland —( Continued ) II. THE URGENCY OF A DECISION
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI The Battle of Jutland ( Continued ) III. THE DISTRIBUTION OF FORCES — THE ACTION: FIRST PHASE
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII The Battle of Jutland ( Continued ) IV. THE SECOND PHASE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII The Battle of Jutland ( Continued ) V. THE THREE OBJECTIVES — THE TACTICAL PLANS — Admiral Scheer’s tactics — Sir David Beatty’s Tactics — Sir John Jellicoe’s Tactics
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV E The Battle of Jutland ( Continued ) VI. THE COURSE OF THE ACTION — THE GERMAN RETREAT — THE NIGHT ACTIONS AND THE EVENTS OF JUNE 1
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV Zeebrügge and Ostend — STRATEGICAL OBJECT — SIR ROGER KEYES’S TACTICS — ATTACK ON THE MOLE — MORAL EFFECT
29. 29.Transcriber’s Notes

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