The National Review, Volume 43, Issue 1W.H. Allen, 1904 |
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Page 29
... admiral who gives a dance on shore while his fleet is expecting -or ought to be expecting - torpedo attack , such a pheno- menon has never yet been seen in war . It is dereliction of duty far more scandalous than Byng's , and we ...
... admiral who gives a dance on shore while his fleet is expecting -or ought to be expecting - torpedo attack , such a pheno- menon has never yet been seen in war . It is dereliction of duty far more scandalous than Byng's , and we ...
Page 30
... Admiral Alexeieff and his subordinate , Vice- Admiral Starck , contented themselves with expressing in public and private derisive contempt for the Japanese navy and army . They took no steps whatever to prepare for war , though Admiral ...
... Admiral Alexeieff and his subordinate , Vice- Admiral Starck , contented themselves with expressing in public and private derisive contempt for the Japanese navy and army . They took no steps whatever to prepare for war , though Admiral ...
Page 31
... Admiral Fremantle on the scene , with a British fleet ready for business , prevented Russia from crushing the Japanese . Alexeieff placed four of his good ships ( the Gromovoi and three other excellent cruisers ) at Vladivostock , where ...
... Admiral Fremantle on the scene , with a British fleet ready for business , prevented Russia from crushing the Japanese . Alexeieff placed four of his good ships ( the Gromovoi and three other excellent cruisers ) at Vladivostock , where ...
Page 32
... Admiral Camara's . What has happened is that the Russian navy as a serious force has ceased to exist . There still are Russian ships , built and building , but all confidence in the fleet is gone , and in the Russian personnel there ...
... Admiral Camara's . What has happened is that the Russian navy as a serious force has ceased to exist . There still are Russian ships , built and building , but all confidence in the fleet is gone , and in the Russian personnel there ...
Page 67
... Admiral Cotes , commanding at Jamaica in 1759 - the crucial year of the war - is now before me . It names twenty - eight vessels - most of them from New York , New London Rhode Island , Boston , and Salem - actually at Monte Christi in ...
... Admiral Cotes , commanding at Jamaica in 1759 - the crucial year of the war - is now before me . It names twenty - eight vessels - most of them from New York , New London Rhode Island , Boston , and Salem - actually at Monte Christi in ...
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