. Simsadus: London; The American navy in Europe. e sinkings were steadilygetting less and were soon to be replaced by newconstruction. However, these losses, and the effortsnecessary to prevent greater losses, were becomingmore and more expensive to the Allies in man-power and resources. Much time, many men, andenormous expenditures could be saved, if the sub-marine was checked still further. But how couldthis be done.^ Every available self-propelling shipin England was already employed in fighting vessels were being sent over from Americain as great numbers as the Navy Department d
. Simsadus: London; The American navy in Europe. e sinkings were steadilygetting less and were soon to be replaced by newconstruction. However, these losses, and the effortsnecessary to prevent greater losses, were becomingmore and more expensive to the Allies in man-power and resources. Much time, many men, andenormous expenditures could be saved, if the sub-marine was checked still further. But how couldthis be done.^ Every available self-propelling shipin England was already employed in fighting vessels were being sent over from Americain as great numbers as the Navy Department deemedpractical. What new tactics would be of furtheravail .^ The Naval Authorities came to the conclu-sion that -the end desired could be obtained by 66 1 J H^ 1 -\ -1 E| t ja ^9 K ^ wM H \.. -^si^E 1 1 ■ • f #is^ *^^BI^^^h 1 |::;: 1 1 1 » 1 m j> P^ ■: JiL^ m !■ Plfi^ \ \ o ;x M-i ?i ^ o T3 _>> 1> b o OJ -b &;: fc U (A. 5 -a C nJ c 3 be 03 cfl n - S C o ■^•- :r rt fli a: c/i L. a T3 -C u 0; Jir 5 c JS rt (U o J= KFT. THE NORTHERN MINE BARRAGE G-j bottling up the submarines In the North Sea; this tobe accompHshed by laying a barrage of mines acrossfrom Scotland to Norway. The history of mine laying in the War up to thistime had been interesting. When the submarinecampaign began, many a man in drawing-room orbar-room could tell the Naval Authorities that theway to remove the submarine from the ocean was bybottling them up with mines laid in front of theirports of exit. This was good sense, for the prover-bial school-boy has always laid tacks in front of theinstructors door when the prank-playing youthswished to hamper his exit. But perhaps many amaster, on discovering the tacks, has taken a broomand swept them all aside. Now this was practicallythe same experience with the Allies In attempting tobottle up the German submarines in their own English mine-layer would sneak fairly close to aGerman submarine base and, under cover of dark-ness, lay min
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