The Battle of the Falkland Islands, Before and After

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Note.—This book was completed in May, 1917, but was withheld from publication on account of the many omissions prescribed by the Naval Censor.

[2] The German Chancellor had publicly declared the intention to capture the French colonies.

[3] See Map, p. 5.

[4] Carmania, Cunard S.S. Co.—19,524 tons, 650 feet long, triple screw turbines.

Cap Trafalgar, Hamburg-Sud-Amerik S.S. Co.—18,710 tons, 590 feet long, triple screw turbines.

[5] According to "Brassey's Naval Annual."

[6] German wireless system.

[7] "Tales of the Great War" (Longmans).

[8] "Blackwood's Magazine."

[9] The Seydlitz—the German auxiliary that escaped—took in the wireless signal announcing the victory and actually heard the firing of the Cornwall and the Glasgow on her beam about four miles off. She managed to escape under cover of the fog by steering to the south, but it was a near thing.

[10] Reporting sinking of three German ships.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

The format of time in the original text has been retained. For example, 10.30 A.M. or 7.3 P.M.

Gun caliber in the original text is of the form 9.1" or sometimes 9·1". For consistency all calibers have been changed to the 9.1" (or 9.1-inch) form.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example: flagship, flag ship; midair, mid-air; conning tower, conning-tower; skilful; inanition.

Pg 19, 'Chili' replaced by 'Chile'.
Pg 22, 'Chilian' replaced by 'Chilean'.
Pg 37, 'ricochetting' replaced by 'ricocheting'.
Pg 43, 'poms-poms' replaced by 'pom-poms'.
Pg 55, 'we jamming' replaced by 'were jamming'.
Pg 60, 'Rear Admiral' replaced by 'Rear-Admiral'.
Pg 85, 'the follow-morning' replaced by 'the following morning'.
Pg 90, 'ricochetted' replaced by 'ricocheted'.
Pg 92, 'Seidlitz' replaced by 'Seydlitz'.
Pg 94, 'Carvarvon' replaced by 'Carnarvon'.
Pg 96, 'line ahead' replaced by 'line-ahead'.
Pg 98, 'ricochetting' replaced by 'ricocheting'.
Pg 141, 'fight our' replaced by 'fight in our'.
Pg 157, 'Chilian' replaced by 'Chilean'.

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