Recent visits that were made to Harwich for the purpose of writing aseries of articles on the Harwich Naval Forces for the Morning Postsuggested to me the amplification of these articles and theirreproduction in the form of a little book. This does not profess to beanything more than a summary of the gallant doings of the HarwichForces in the course of the war. The full history, no doubt, will bewritten some day. But this, I hope, may serve as a record that willenable many to realise better what Britain owes to the Navy, and whata great work was done by the light cruisers, destroyers, submarines,[vi]and auxiliary vessels that had Harwich as their base throughout thewar.
For the purposes of this book I have referred to no official records.Conversations with those who were eye-witnesses of and participatorsin the events that I have here described have served as my sole sourceof information.
My thanks are due to the naval officers who so readily assisted me inmy quest while I was in Harwich, and to the Morning Post for thekind permission which I have received to publish in book form myarticles that appeared in that paper.
E.F.K.
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Part I | ||
| CHAPTER I | ||
| The Opening of the War | 5 | |
| The light cruisers and destroyers—Harwich in war time—The Harwich Force goes out—The first shots of the naval war—Sinking of the Königin Luise—Loss of the Amphion. | ||
| CHAPTER II | ||
| The Heligoland Bight Action | 23 | |
| The plan—The sweep by the Harwich Force—The destroyers in action—Arethusa's duel with the Frauenlob—Off Heligoland again—Action with German light cruisers—The Mainz sunk—End of the Arethusa. | ||
CHAPTER III... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | ||