The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . spot on the face of the earth. It isan island only one-fifth of a square mile in area, equippedwith probably $10,000,000 worth of long-range guns,^ and wasbelieved to be capable of sending to the bottom of the seaany hostile fleet venturing within fifteen miles of the rangeof its guns. Naval and military strategists had agreed thatit was doubtful if all the navies in the world acting together 14 WARSHIP BATTLES AND RAIDS ON COMMERCE afterward appointed
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . spot on the face of the earth. It isan island only one-fifth of a square mile in area, equippedwith probably $10,000,000 worth of long-range guns,^ and wasbelieved to be capable of sending to the bottom of the seaany hostile fleet venturing within fifteen miles of the rangeof its guns. Naval and military strategists had agreed thatit was doubtful if all the navies in the world acting together 14 WARSHIP BATTLES AND RAIDS ON COMMERCE afterward appointed to a new destroyer, the Faulkner,which had been under construction for Chile when warwas declared. Only a few days before this action off theDutch coast, Fox was transferred to the Undcuunted, thesecond light cruiser of a new class, the first having been theArefhusa. The British destroyers were of the ^L class,parts of the 1911-1912 output, formidable vessels of 35-knotspeed, armed wdth three 4:-inch guns and four torpedo-tubes,in pairs, discharging 21-inch torpedoes. The German de-stroyers were older boats, carrying only two 21-pounder. THE GERMAN COMMERCE-RAIDER EMDENSunk by the Australian warship Sydney off the Cocos Islands guns, and not only slower, but there was no comparisonbetween the accuracy of their shooting and that of theBritish craft. The destruction of the British cruiser Hawkeby a German submarine had taken place on October sinking of four German destroyers two days afterwardadjusted the balance as between the two navies, at least fromthe British point of view. The loss of life, being some 300men in each case, was about the same, but the loss of anobsolescent cruiser like the Hawke was thought to be lessserious to England than that of four destroyers to Germany. IX THE GERMAN COI^ONIES AND ON THE SEA When the German Admiral von Spee, with the GermanPacific Squadron, left Kiaochow early in August, he had suc-ceeded in collecting seven vessels from the Chin
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