Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE ACHIEVEMENT
OF THE BRITISH
NAVY IN THE
WORLD
WAR

By
JOHN LEYLAND

HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
MCMXVII

_E SHILLING_

THE ACHIEVEMENT _of the_ BRITISH NAVY
IN THE WORLD-WAR :: JOHN LEYLAND

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE
BRITISH NAVY IN THE
WORLD-WAR

BY
JOHN LEYLAND

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SEA SERVICE 1

II. THE CENTRE OF SEA-POWER 11

III. SWEEPING THE ENEMY FROM THE OCEANS 21

IV. THE GRASP OF THE MEDITERRANEAN: SEA- AND LAND-POWER 29

V. DEALING WITH THE SUBMARINES 37

VI. THE NAVY AND THE MINE 46

VII. THE NAVY AND ARMY TRANSPORT 55

VIII. THE NAVY THAT FLIES 64

IX. OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NAVY 71

X. WHAT THE BRITISH NAVY IS AND WHAT IT FIGHTS FOR 79

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE KING CHATTING WITH ADMIRAL BEATTY _Frontispiece_

PAGE
A BRITISH FLEET STEAMING IN LINE AHEAD 6

DRIFTERS WORKING AT SEA 6

A DRIFTER AT SEA: LOOKING FOR SUBMARINES AND MINES 22

A DRIFTER LAYING ANTI-SUBMARINE NETS 22

FLEETS IN ALLIANCE: BRITISH AND ITALIAN SHIPS IN THE ADRIATIC 38

ON BOARD THE _Queen Elizabeth_ AT MUDROS 38

A FLEET MANŒUVRING AT SEA 64

THE CAPTURED GERMAN SUBMARINE MINE-LAYER UC5 64

A BRITISH SUBMARINE 80

JOURNALISTS ON BOARD A MONITOR 80

_MAPS:_

I. THE CENTRE OF SEA-POWER: THE NORTH SEA _At end of book_

II. THE GRASP OF THE MEDITERRANEAN: SEA- AND LAND-POWER
_At end of book_

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE BRITISH
NAVY IN THE WORLD-WAR