Contents
CHAPTER I — A GREETING BY WAY OF DEDICATION 4
CHAPTER III — SEA FALLACIES: A PLEA FOR FIRST PRINCIPLES 17
CHAPTER IV — SOME ROOT DOCTRINES 23
CHAPTER V — ELEMENTS OF SEA FORCE 28
CHAPTER VII — I. NAVAL GUNNERY, WEAPONS, AND TECHNIQUE 42
CHAPTER VIII — THE ACTION THAT NEVER WAS FOUGHT 50
CHAPTER IX — THE DESTRUCTION OF “KÖNIGSBERG” 55
CHAPTER X — CAPTURE OF H.I.G.M.S. “EMDEN” 68
CHAPTER XI — THE CAREER OF VON SPEE 75
CHAPTER XII — BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS (I) 81
THE CAREER OF VON SPEE (II) 81
CHAPTER XIII — BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS (II) 86
B. ACTION WITH THE ARMOURED CRUISERS 86
CHAPTER XIV — BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS (III) 91
C. ACTION WITH THE LIGHT CRUISERS 91
“CORNWALL” AND “GLASGOW” V. “LEIPZIG” 94
D. ACTION WITH THE ENEMY TRANSPORTS 95
CHAPTER XV — BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS (IV) 97
CHAPTER XVI — THE HELIGOLAND AFFAIR 105
CHAPTER XVII — THE ACTION OFF THE DOGGER BANK 112
CHAPTER XVIII — THE DOGGER BANK II 115
CHAPTER XIX — THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND 121
CHAPTER XX — THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND—(Continued) 128
II. THE URGENCY OF A DECISION 128
CHAPTER XXI — THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND (Continued) 133
III. THE DISTRIBUTION OF FORCES 133
CHAPTER XXII — THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND (Continued) 137
CHAPTER XXIII — THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND (Continued) 141
CHAPTER XXIV — THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND (Continued) 147
VI. THE COURSE OF THE ACTION 147
THE NIGHT ACTIONS AND THE EVENTS OF JUNE I 149
CHAPTER XXV — ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND 152