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93 “a love of doing everything”: Chalmers, 116.
93 “a nice old thing”: Ibid., 124.
94 “You must not bother”:
Beatty Papers,
66.
95 “There seems to be something wrong”: Chatfield, 143.
96 “I have often been asked”: Goodenough, 91.
CHAPTER 6: THE BATTLE OF THE BIGHT
97 “We are still wandering”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 120.
97 “What is the Navy doing” and “offensive measures”: Roskill,
Beatty,
82.
97 “When are we going to make war”: Keyes,
Memoirs,
I, 76.
98 “simple and daring”: Churchill, I, 308.
98 “too fully occupied”: Keyes,
Memoirs,
I, 80.
98 “gave me an opportunity”: Ibid., 81.
99 “damned slow”: Patterson,
Tyrwhitt,
41.
99 “from the oldest and slowest”: Ibid., 54.
100 “a destroyer sweep”: Chalmers, 142.
100 “Propose to cooperate”: Goldrick, 85.
100 “Until I know the plan of operations”: Ibid.
100 “Cooperation by battle fleet”: Ibid., 86.
100 “We are to rendezvous”: Chalmers, 143.
101 “Are you taking part”: Ibid.
101 The German defensive arrangements in the Heligoland Bight are described in Groos, I, 131–33.
102 “Attacked by enemy cruisers”: Goldrick, 88.
103 “hunt destroyers”: Ibid.
104 “were in boiling water”: Groos, I, 150.
105 “as a sample”: Corbett, II, 109.
106 “Please chase westward”: Goldrick, 97.
106 “Cruisers are our cruisers”: Ibid.
106 “I was not informed”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 126.
106 “I came under detailed orders”: Goldrick, 98.
107 “to cut off the retreat”: Groos, I, 175.
107 “We received a very severe and most accurate fire”: Chalmers, 145–46.
108 “Am attacked by large cruiser”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 124.
108 “a hornets’ nest”: Marder, II, 51.
108 “intercepting various signals”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 129.
109 “What do you think we should do”: Chatfield, 134.
109 “Am proceeding to your support”: Goldrick, 101.
109 “heavy smoke clouds”: Groos, I, 176.
109 “very wisely fled like a stag”: King-Hall, 54.
109 “Even in the act”: Goldrick, 102.
110 “furrowed”: King-Hall, 55.
110 “The ship reared”: Groos, I, 179.
110 “We closed down on her”: King-Hall, 55.
110 “Mainz was incredibly brave”: Chalmers, 146.
110 “The state of
Mainz
”: Groos, I, 178–79.
110 “Sink the ship”: Ibid., 177.
111 “A young German officer”: Keyes,
Memoirs,
I, 88.
111 “I really was beginning to feel a bit blue”: Marder, II, 52.
111 “Following in each other’s wake”: King-Hall, 57.
111 “There straight ahead of us”: Chalmers, 146.
112 “As we approached”: Chatfield, 125.
112 “The turrets swung around”: Ibid.
113 “A small German ship”: Ibid.
113 “the first salvo fell”: Goldrick, 106.
113 “completely enveloped”: Groos, I, 185.
113 “The Admiral told me”: Chatfield, 126.
113 “drifting among corpses”: Groos, I, 218.
114 “not to engage”: Ibid., 193.
114 “At 8:23 p.m.”: Ibid., 198.
115 “It seems your anchor”: Chalmers, 152.
115 “The end justified the means”: Marder, II, 52.
115 “We had a great reception”: Ibid.
116 “the only action which was possible”: Ibid.
116 “It was good work”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 121.
116 “Poor devils”: Chalmers, 152–53.
116 “I had thought I should have received”: Ibid., 154.
116 “It really was awfully fine”: Patterson,
Tyrwhitt,
62–63.
116 “I think an absurd fuss”:
Keyes Papers,
I, 19.
117 “I think it right to tell you”: Ibid., 17–18.
118 “a greater expenditure of ammunition”: Chatfield, 127.
118 “The battle was of immense”: Marder, II, 54.
118 “It was no great naval feat”: Chatfield, 126.
118 “Enemy battle cruiser squadron”: Groos, I, 283.
119 “the long-suppressed battle ardor”: Ibid., 210.
119 “However heavy the losses”: Ibid., 216.
120 “the larger part”: Ibid., 215.
120 “hold itself back”: Bennett,
Naval Battles,
151.
120 “in his anxiety”: Goldrick, 115.
120 “August 28”: Tirpitz, II, 91.
120 “on the approach of the English”: Ibid., 92–93.
121 “They knew we were coming”: Chalmers, 154.
121 “[We] could not go messing about”: Marder, II, 55.
121 “The Germans knew nothing”: Churchill, I, 309.
CHAPTER 7: SUBMARINES AND MINES: “FISHER’S TOYS”
122 “water conducts shock”: Keegan,
The Price of Admiralty,
97.
123 “Death near”: Fisher,
Records,
177–78.
123 “playthings” and “Fisher’s toys”: Marder,
Anatomy,
559.
123 “un-English”: Ibid., 368
123 “underhanded method of attack”: Mackay, 298.
124 “I shall be very disappointed”: Fisher,
FGDN,
I, 366.
124 “the cleverest officer in the navy”: Marder, I, 83.
124 “exercised an extraordinary influence”: Marder,
Anatomy,
366.
125 “dressed like North Sea fishermen”: Keyes, I, 47.
125 “I note by examining”: Hough,
Great War,
174.
125 “the notoriously short, steep seas”: Keyes,
Memoirs,
I, 102.
126 “Under the circumstances”: Goldrick, 121.
126 “We have no money to waste”: Hough,
Great War,
169.
126 “for experiments connected with submarines”: Ibid., 170.
126 “her employment”: Ibid.
127 “Our submarine fleet”: Gray, 28.
129 “Think of . . .”: Keyes,
Memoirs,
76–77.
129 “the ‘live bait’ squadron”: Churchill, I, 323.
130 “My dear fellow”: Marder, II, 57.
130 “The
Bacchante
s ought not to continue”: Churchill, I, 324.
130 “I should not have given in”: Kerr, 248.
130 “Still rather rough”: Goldrick, 127.
132 “Oh, no. I have only broken one arm”: Hoehling, 42.
133 “three cruisers”: Thomas, 18.
133 “I could see their gray-black sides”: Hoehling, 48.
133 “to make my aim sure”: Ibid.
133 “a dull thud”: Thomas, 20.
134 “Abandon ship”: Corbett, I, 175.
134 “the sun shining on pink”: Hoehling, 50.
134 “a terrific crash”: Ibid.
135 “This time we were so bold”: Thomas, 24.
135 “
Aboukir
and
Hogue
sinking”: Corbett, I, 174.
135 “a sudden explosion”: Hoehling, 52.
135 “Keep cool, my lads”: Ibid., 54.
136 “Knowing where they were supposed to be”: Patterson,
Tyrwhitt,
73.
136 “It was very difficult”: Hoehling, 55.
136 “They looked just like rows and rows of swallows”: Patterson,
Tyrwhitt,
73.
136 “men climbed like ants”: Thomas, 25.
136 “She careened far over”: Gray, 36.
137 “On 22 September”: Groos, II, 56.
137 “It is well-known”:
The Times
(London), September 25, 1914, 8.
137 “of no great value”: Churchill, I, 326.
137 “We heard
Aboukir
crying out”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 136.
138 “It was pure murder”: Fisher,
FGDN,
III, 61.
138 “The disaster . . . followed”: Churchill, I, 326.
138 “One would expect senior officers”: Ibid., 327.
138 “a cruiser patrol”: Marder, II, 58.
138 “were placed in a cruel position”: Ibid., 55.
138 “that most of the officers concerned”: Churchill, I, 327.
138 “If one ship is torpedoed”: Goldrick, 133.
140 “indiscriminate and distinctly barbarian”: Marder, II, 72.
140 “cowardly weapon” and “the weapon of the weak”: Ibid., 70.
143 “We can only approve”: Scheer, 62.
144 “It is suicidal”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 71.
144 “rely to a great extent”: Ibid., 75.
144 “This may and probably will”: Ibid., 76.
145 “full confidence in your contemplated conduct”: Marder, II, 76.
CHAPTER 8: “SHALL WE BE HERE IN THE MORNING
?
”
146 “The Grand Fleet was uneasy”: Churchill, I, 380.
148 “Don’t spend another penny”: Marder,
Anatomy,
467.
148 “I got Rosyth delayed”: Fisher,
Memories,
193.
148 “I have always been ‘dead on’ for Cromarty”: Ibid., 214.
148 “of the utmost gravity”: Marder, I, 421.
149 “a great seawater lake”: Hewison, 6.
150 “The great majority of the men”: Ibid., 52.
151 “Having to choose between the two”: Ibid., 57.
151 “The Admiralty have been so frequently charged”: Ibid.
152 “I often wondered”: Jellicoe,
Grand Fleet,
29.
153 “I can only imagine”: Ibid., 30–31.
153 “It appeared to me”: Ibid., 30.
154 “No one, we believed”: Churchill, I, 381.
154 “prepare for a torpedo attack”: Hewison, 69.
154 “No trace of a submarine”: Jellicoe,
Grand Fleet,
118.
155 “the fleet could not remain at a base”: Ibid.
155 “I long for a submarine defense at Scapa”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 73.
155 “Shall we be here in the morning”: Scott, 276.
155 “I think it is right that you should know”: Churchill, I, 389–91.
156 “Every effort will be made”: Ibid., 391–92.
157 “In pre-war days”: Jellicoe,
Grand Fleet,
79.
157 “No one seriously contemplated”: Churchill, I, 381–82.
157 “Reproach has been levelled”: Ibid., 383.
158 “I interpreted my duty”: Ibid., 240
160 “It seems to be impossible”:
FGDN,
III, 131.
CHAPTER 9: PRINCE LOUIS DEPARTS
163 “We are only playing at war”: Chalmers, 161.
163 “Winston, I hear”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 118.
163 “If he would either leave”: Marder, II, 83.
163 “If we only had a Kitchener”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 144.
164 “waving his stick”: Gilbert, I, 173.
165 “undertake command”: Ibid., 176.
165 “What we desire”: Ibid., 197.
165 “I can’t tell you”: Asquith,
Letters to Venetia,
274.
165 “such a darned fool”: Marder, II, 85.
166 “a remarkably nice boy”: Brough, 88.
166 “stick it out a bit longer”: Hough,
L and V,
66.
167 “My dearest Georgie”: Ibid., 111.
167 “I hate the idea”: Marder, I, 406.
168 “German princeling” and “court favorite”: Hough,
L and V,
161.
168 “I am sure you must miss”: Ibid., 163.
168 “She hopes and expects”: Ibid., 171.
168 “perhaps the outstanding officer”: Chatfield, 84.
169 “There are literally hundreds”: Marder, I, 407.
169 “He is the ablest officer”: Randolph Churchill, II, 534.
169 “more English than the English”: Fisher,
FGDN,
II, 398.
169 “if his name had been Smith”: Randolph Churchill, 534.
169 “There is no one else”: Hough,
L and V,
301.
170 “All my experience at the Admiralty”: Randolph Churchill, II, 630.
170 “unworthy of the royal mind”: Gretton, 88.
170 “We met every day”: Churchill, I, 241.
170 “It happened in a large number of cases”: Ibid.
170 “I accepted full responsibility”: Ibid., 240.
171 “Quite concur”: Marder, II, 88.
171 “court favorite”: Hough,
L and V,
88.
171 “I heard by chance”: Marder, II, 86–87.
171 “I have never known more malignant rancour”: Hough,
L and V,
196.
172 “Should a German boss our navy”: Ibid., 246.
172 “to live more in England”: Kerr, 126.
172 “never understood”: Ibid., 335.
172 “Sir, when I joined the Royal Navy”: Churchill, I, 90.
173 “whether it was true”: Hough,
L and V,
301.
173 Germhun: Ibid., 302.
173 “The latest rumor”: Ibid., 300.
174 “the conversation having turned”: Ibid., 303.
174 “In time of war”: Ibid.
174 “Dear Lord Charles Beresford”: Ibid., 304.
175 “Prince Louis was a big man”: Marder, I, 407.
175 “you must not ever consider leaving”: Hough,
L and V,
305.
175 “Winston has been pouring out his woes”: Ibid.
175 “grave doubt is expressed”: Gilbert, I, 215.
175 “Blood is said to be thicker than water”: Marder, II, 86.
175 “Winston came here”: Asquith,
Letters to Venetia,
287.
176 “Poor Louis B’s resignation”: Hough,
L and V,
307.
176 “Louis behaved with great dignity”: Asquith,
Letters to Venetia,
290.
176 “I have lately been driven”: Churchill, I, 435.
176 “I beg you to release me”: Gilbert, I, 225.
176 “There is no more loyal man”: Nicholson, 251.
176 “profound sorrow”: Kerr, 258.
176 “mean and contemptible slander”: Ibid.
176 “a national humiliation”: Ibid., 256.
176 “It was an awful wrench”: Goldrick, 155.
176 “up to the end”: Marder, II, 87.
177 “On one day”: Haldane, 302.
177 “before the war ended”: Ibid., 306.
177 “he started and grew pale”: Nicholson, 309.
177 “George Rex”: Hough,
L and V,
319.
177 “Arrived Prince Hyde”: Kerr, 289.
177 “to right a great wrong”: Kerr, 285.
CHAPTER 10: ADMIRAL VON SPEE’S VOYAGE
179 “to keep the native population”: Hough,
Pursuit,
29.
180 “We must take advantage”: Ibid., 27.
180 “Thousands of German Christians”: Balfour, 209.
181 “as if he had swallowed a broom handle”: Hough,
Pursuit,
20.
181 “The women seemed”: Ibid., 32.