The British Navy in Battle

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	A Greeting. By Way of Dedication	3
II.	A Retrospect	11
	The First Crisis	14
	The Second Crisis	20
	The Third Crisis	22
	The Fourth Crisis	25
	The New Era	28
III.	Sea Fallacies: A Plea for First Principles	33
IV.	Some Root Doctrines	48
V.	Elements of Sea Force	61
VI.	The Actions	79
VII.	Naval Gunnery, Weapons and Technique	93
	Fire Control	96
	The Torpedo in Battle	103
VIII.	The Action that Never Was Fought	108
IX.	The Destruction of Koenigsberg	119
	The First Attempt	126
	Success	134
	A Problem in Control	142
X.	Capture of H.I.G.M.S. Emden	152
XI.	The Career of Von Spee. I	165
	Coronel	172
XII.	Battle of the Falkland Islands. I:
	The Career of Von Spee II	180
	A. Preliminary Movements	182
XIII.	Battle of the Falkland Islands. II:
	B. Action with the Armoured Cruisers	191
XIV.	Battle of the Falkland Islands. III:
	C. Action with the Light Cruisers	201
	D. Action with the Enemy Transports	210
XV.	Battle of the Falkland Islands. IV:
	Strategy—Tactics—Gunnery	213
	British Strategy	215
	The Tactics of the Battle	219
	A Point in Naval Ethics	230
XVI.	The Heligoland Affair	232
	The North Sea	240
XVII.	The Action Off the Dogger Bank. I	245
XVIII.	The Dogger Bank. II	251
XIX.	The Battle of Jutland:
	I. North Sea Strategies	267
XX.	The Battle of Jutland (continued):
	II. The Urgency of a Decision	283
XXI.	The Battle of Jutland (continued):
	III. The Distribution of Forces	Clyx.com