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... fleet of the United States is a matter of much more . consequence than its precise position . Not that position is of less than great importance . The Russian battle - fleet would have been much better placed in the Far East than in the ...
... fleet of the United States is a matter of much more . consequence than its precise position . Not that position is of less than great importance . The Russian battle - fleet would have been much better placed in the Far East than in the ...
Page 176
... fleet to the Canal is that of every fleet to a port that has back of it no immediate resources , and must be supplied from home ; for instance , the relation of the Brit- ish fleet to Gibraltar . The fleet keeps open the communica ...
... fleet to the Canal is that of every fleet to a port that has back of it no immediate resources , and must be supplied from home ; for instance , the relation of the Brit- ish fleet to Gibraltar . The fleet keeps open the communica ...
Page 180
... fleet in pass- ing out from behind them to engage a waiting hostile flect outside , provided the shore guns are mounted in advance of , or abreast , the point where the ship channel joins the open sea . Even if somewhat retired from ...
... fleet in pass- ing out from behind them to engage a waiting hostile flect outside , provided the shore guns are mounted in advance of , or abreast , the point where the ship channel joins the open sea . Even if somewhat retired from ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
Selected Abstracts Reprinted from Report of the AtlanticPacific Interoceanic Canal | 15 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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