Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart Harper, 1920 |
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5th Battle Squadron action Admiral Beatty Admiralty ahead Allied American armored cruisers Army attack batteries battle cruisers Battle Fleet battle of Jutland battleships Beatty's boats bombardment British Fleet captain close coast command convoy course crew Dardanelles deck defenses depth charge destroyers dreadnoughts Emden enemy enemy's engaged English explosion fighting flag Flotilla force four French Gallipoli German Fleet German ships Grand Fleet guns harbor heavy High Sea Fleet Hipper Jutland knots land LIGHT CRUISER SQUADRON maneuver marine miles mines minutes mole naval Navy night North Sea officers opened fire operations patrol periscope port range Russian sank Scapa Flow Scheer seaplane shell shot side sighted signal sinking Sir David Beatty smoke Spee speed starboard station steam steamer stern Straits strategy stroyers submarine sunk surface tion tons torpedo transports trawlers troops Turkish turned U-boat Underwood and Underwood vessels wireless yards Zeebrugge
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Page 5 - The following German surface warships, which shall be designated by the Allies and the United States of America, shall forthwith be disarmed and thereafter interned in neutral ports, or, failing...
Page 202 - ... in the magazine) must have been fatal to the ship. In his return from the ship to New York, he passed near Governor's Island, and thought he was discovered by the enemy on the island. Being in haste to avoid the danger he feared, he cast off the magazine, as he imagined it retarded him in the swell, which was very considerable. After the magazine had been cast off one hour, the time the internal apparatus was set to run, it blew up with great violence.
Page 143 - German naval bases to be designated by the allies and the United States of America, and are to be paid off and completely disarmed and placed under the supervision of the allies and the United States of America. All vessels of the auxiliary fleet (trawlers, motor vessels, etc.) are to be disarmed.
Page 77 - Scharnhorst led round about 10 points to starboard ; just previously her fire had slackened perceptibly and one shell had shot away her third funnel ; some guns were not firing, and it would appear that the turn was dictated by a desire to bring her starboard guns into action. The effect of the fire on the Scharnhorst became more and more apparent in consequence of smoke from fires, and also escaping steam ; at times a shell would cause a large hole to appear in her side, through which could be seen...
Page 30 - Four operations he said were possible. These were : — (a) The destruction of the defences at the entrance to the Dardanelles. (b) Action inside the straits, so as to clear the defences up to and including Cephez Point Battery N8.
Page 129 - The visibility having improved considerably as the sun descended below the clouds, we re-engaged at 7.17 pm and increased speed to 22 knots. At 7.32 pm my course was SW, speed 18 knots, the leading enemy battleship bearing NW by W. Again, after a very short time, the enemy showed signs of punishment, one ship being on fire, while another appeared to drop right astern. The destroyers at the head of the enemy's line emitted volumes of grey smoke, covering their capital ships as with a pall, under cover...
Page 28 - I do not think that the Dardanelles can be rushed, but they might be forced by extended operations with a large number of ships.
Page 35 - I have not yet received any report on the naval action, but from what I saw of the extraordinarily gallant attempt made yesterday, I am being most reluctantly driven to the conclusion that the Dardanelles are less likely to be forced by battleships than at one time seemed probable, and that if the Army is to participate, its operations will not assume the subsidiary form anticipated.
Page 252 - The enemy's destroyers emitted vast columns of smoke to screen their battle cruisers, and under cover of this the latter now appeared to have altered course to the northward to increase their distance, and certainly the rear ships hauled out on the port quarter of their leader, thereby increasing their distance from our line. The battle cruisers, therefore, were ordered to form a line of bearing NNW, and proceed at their utmost speed. Their destroyers then showed evident signs of an attempt to attack.
Page 263 - Wavering beams of the searchlights swung around and settled into a glare. A wild fire of gun flashes leaped against the sky; strings of luminous green beads shot aloft, hung and sank.