The Story of the Great War: History of the European War from Official Sources, Volumen5Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Francis Trevelyan Miller P.F. Collier and son, 1916 |
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... island of Kesten in the Mediterranean and sunk on the night of May 13 , 1916. Casualities consisted of two killed and two wounded . The sunny weather of May brought a resumption of attacks MINOR ENGAGEMENTS AND LOSSES 69.
... island of Kesten in the Mediterranean and sunk on the night of May 13 , 1916. Casualities consisted of two killed and two wounded . The sunny weather of May brought a resumption of attacks MINOR ENGAGEMENTS AND LOSSES 69.
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... night of May 30 , 1916 , running into the harbor at Trieste and sinking a large transport believed to have many soldiers aboard . Scarcely a soul was saved , current report stated . The raider crept out to sea again and made good her ...
... night of May 30 , 1916 , running into the harbor at Trieste and sinking a large transport believed to have many soldiers aboard . Scarcely a soul was saved , current report stated . The raider crept out to sea again and made good her ...
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... night was coming on , the mist was thickening into fog , and the only point of aim for either fleet was that afforded by the flash of the enemy's guns . Von Scheer , who , as Von Hipper's senior , was in command of the German forces as ...
... night was coming on , the mist was thickening into fog , and the only point of aim for either fleet was that afforded by the flash of the enemy's guns . Von Scheer , who , as Von Hipper's senior , was in command of the German forces as ...
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... and interposing between the Fleet and its base . Both sides send out destroyer attacks , which continue throughout the night PLATE VII . destroyers swept toward the British fleet they met midway the 86 THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR.
... and interposing between the Fleet and its base . Both sides send out destroyer attacks , which continue throughout the night PLATE VII . destroyers swept toward the British fleet they met midway the 86 THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR.
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... night , and some of these were delivered with great dash and forced home with splendid determination . The British claim to have sunk at least two of the German capital ships during these attacks . But this the Germans deny . The Battle ...
... night , and some of these were delivered with great dash and forced home with splendid determination . The British claim to have sunk at least two of the German capital ships during these attacks . But this the Germans deny . The Battle ...
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Página 455 - But (it added) neutrals can not expect that Germany, forced to fight for her existence, shall, for the sake of neutral interest, restrict the use of an effective weapon if her enemy is permitted to continue to apply at will methods of warfare violating the rules of international law. Such a demand would be incompatible with the character of neutrality, and the German Government is convinced that the Government of the United States does not think of making such a demand, knowing that the Government...
Página 455 - In accordance with the general principles of visit and search and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and without the area declared as naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
Página 448 - Unless the Imperial Government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight-carrying vessels, the Government of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the German Empire altogether.
Página 37 - The contention advanced by the United States Government in paragraph 9 of their note, that the effect of this new procedure is to subject traders to risk of loss, delay, and expense so great and so burdensome as practically to destroy much of the export trade of the United States to neutral countries in Europe, is not borne out by the official statistics published in the United States — nor by the reports of the Department of Commerce.
Página 455 - Should the steps taken by the Government of the United States not attain the object it desires to have the laws of humanity followed by all belligerent nations, the German Government would then be facing a new situation, in which it must reserve itself complete liberty of decision.
Página 438 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That it is the sense of the Congress...
Página 458 - February 4, 1915, its submarine policy, now happily abandoned, the Government of the United States has been constantly guided and restrained by motives of friendship in its patient efforts to bring to an amicable settlement the critical questions arising from that policy. Accepting the Imperial Government's declaration of its abandonment of the policy which has so seriously menaced the good relations between the two countries...
Página 454 - The German Government, guided by this idea, notifies the Government of the United States that the German naval forces have received the following orders: In accordance with the general principles of visit and search...
Página 459 - Government that it cannot for a moment entertain, much less discuss, a suggestion that respect by German naval authorities for the rights of citizens of the United States upon the high seas should in any way or in the slightest degree be made contingent upon the conduct of any other Government affecting the rights of neutrals and noncombatants. Responsibility in such matters is single, not joint; absolute, not relative.
Página 39 - blockade," for, as above indicated, German ports are notoriously open to traffic with the ports of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. So strictly has this principle been enforced in the past that, in the Crimean War, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on appeal laid down that, if belligerents themselves trade with blockaded ports, they cannot be regarded as effectively blockaded.