. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. [(6 A Story of the War. not. It was the invention of an American, SimonLake. Early in the war Germany adopted the policy ofsniping on the sea. The main German fleet waslocked in safety in the Kiel canal, while the sub-marines were sent out to destroy the British war-ships, if possible, one at a time. Four British cruisers were sunk by torpedoesin September, 1914—the Pathfinder, the Aboukir,the Cressy and the Hogue. The last three weresunk on the same day within sight of each other,in consequence of two of the ships going to rescuet
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. [(6 A Story of the War. not. It was the invention of an American, SimonLake. Early in the war Germany adopted the policy ofsniping on the sea. The main German fleet waslocked in safety in the Kiel canal, while the sub-marines were sent out to destroy the British war-ships, if possible, one at a time. Four British cruisers were sunk by torpedoesin September, 1914—the Pathfinder, the Aboukir,the Cressy and the Hogue. The last three weresunk on the same day within sight of each other,in consequence of two of the ships going to rescuethe sailors of the first that was struck. While en-gaged in this act of common humanity, the rescu-ing ships were given death blows in quick succes-sion. The British cruiser Hawke was sunk in October,1914, the battleship. Audacious, Oct. 27, and thebattleship Formidable, Jan. 1, 1915. First Naval Battles of War. British submarines had little chance to attackan enemy that kept close to its own harbors, butsucceeded in torpedoing the German battleshipPommern in the Baltic sea July 2
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