THE BRITISH NAVY IN BATTLE BY ARTHUR H. POLLEN [Illustration] _ILLUSTRATED_ GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1919 COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN 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