The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 120Atlantic Monthly Company, 1917 - American essays |
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Page 278
... British First Lord of the Ad- miralty is continually responsible to Parliament - which is the British exec- utive ; nor could he , I am told , for a moment stand up against the con- certed opinion of the naval profession if it were ...
... British First Lord of the Ad- miralty is continually responsible to Parliament - which is the British exec- utive ; nor could he , I am told , for a moment stand up against the con- certed opinion of the naval profession if it were ...
Page 407
... British might repeat over the Germans their tactical successes over the French more than a hundred years before . The enemy had had very little experience of actual fighting under modern conditions ( for everything had changed since the ...
... British might repeat over the Germans their tactical successes over the French more than a hundred years before . The enemy had had very little experience of actual fighting under modern conditions ( for everything had changed since the ...
Page 411
... British army yet received the tactical training that was necessary if it was to succeed where the Germans had failed . The British attacks at this period were dangerous , but were apt to be shortwinded . The common German criticism of ...
... British army yet received the tactical training that was necessary if it was to succeed where the Germans had failed . The British attacks at this period were dangerous , but were apt to be shortwinded . The common German criticism of ...
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