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Page 170
... fleet . It was never quite rightly judged . The creation of a mighty fleet on the other shore of the North Sea and the simultaneous de- velopment of the Continent's most impor- tant military power into its most impor- tant naval power ...
... fleet . It was never quite rightly judged . The creation of a mighty fleet on the other shore of the North Sea and the simultaneous de- velopment of the Continent's most impor- tant military power into its most impor- tant naval power ...
Page 340
... fleet must rest with Ad- miral Jellicoe as chief in command . By his order the British fleet steamed through the dark hours at moderate speed on southerly courses some ninety miles from the battlefield . Although the British fleet was ...
... fleet must rest with Ad- miral Jellicoe as chief in command . By his order the British fleet steamed through the dark hours at moderate speed on southerly courses some ninety miles from the battlefield . Although the British fleet was ...
Page 342
... fleet that a de- tached part of the superior British force was cut up , but the damage was not enough to impair the established superi- ority of the British fleet , and the end of the battle left the British control of the sea ...
... fleet that a de- tached part of the superior British force was cut up , but the damage was not enough to impair the established superi- ority of the British fleet , and the end of the battle left the British control of the sea ...
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