Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-18
CHAPTER XXV-Continued.

..vovy that one left ship Of the foreigners
v-isl To have attacked ny t"rpedo poa's
No a. No. ~ and No ~ at the same mo
mont the instant the battle commences.
r,rsv are to do nothing else I'LL thdt one
ship is in the air.
We'll. with regard to our three battle
sf.irs left IL is chiefly 60 tell YOU what
.ttrl. ehotild re done with them that have
called tnis hurried meeting Gentlemen 1t
seems TO me really that a perfectly "hole
and sound ship. suddenly and unexpectedly
entering a battle when II is more than nan
over must be not only tremendous ~e--
NON in herself but must necessarily De TIE
cause of a tremendous demorahzauoh III
the minds Of her enemies. Hence IL Is tHat
/ prlldec the Time taken up by every VIZ"
that / am ROW Speaking. The enemy can
NOT be quite certain of our numoefs-Ile5
do not know that We have these three
gtirs therefore want these three, at
- a. retreat westward under forced
.f-.irIeht tllI they see the smoke OF the pa
lie and then, making detouf' 70 se' pe-
mind the eucmy's troop sihpS, ana Ue''tl
..r77rsy them from the east | nave very
- reasons ror knowing that this time
=, - not a matter of supreme hdtlotldl I'M
i,nrtauce whether the foreigners tai9 "poII
i-ogUsn soil or not: but sthl' We uo !lot
,,ra ~ rNe people of Britain 10 De say lHs
80 NOV had fleet and il was not good
..,r,,,,T, 70 clear the seas Of foreigners
Inc three ships Will therefore ~ortS diloi's
no froop-ships sinking all they c@h-oit
,tiG clear uuders landing. ihat titey bS NO
',rafuI TO destroy struggling ships. that
,Tpv waste little time. that Ihey dasA as
soon as may be into the genera va
and finish the destruction or the enemy
..,Tbe three ships which tell OF lof th'S
duty are the centurion nv
with regard to the method to be
adopted by the Six, the three winch eht t
. tr{angle-base Will after as much hght
a., ,ossIble without lowering speed IN the
U,,dale mass through and ram the apex
tten II possible. and II need ne; ieiotIi,
,.ti,rn ana fight. The three which enter
their tlianRles by an apex VIII ram Inv
apex enter and ught
PP>C,ne Of the greatest horrors of modern
sea-5attles | believe 10 be tue daheeI We
are all IN OF doing injury To our own sh di's
art this time We shall be so spread out
tla+ nothing Of that sort Is likely 10 nap
ren.-to baItleships at least. But TO cap
iatns and comma ndsrs Of cruisers ana
composite vessels ! commend tidt lehec-
non Fer they, passing into the second
~ ~ the enemy. will have q thicker hSht'
which I hope VIII be conducted on the
ssTpe principles as those J nave enumerated
for battleships ., -. ,,,o
must look sharp I think. especially those
'Three / wish you success ana goodbye.
After sill ships are dead lhnhss' II - no
ships that fight "A batte, out men, IN
every one knows that we have the right
men Nice steering. dash, and plenty OF
n,ltc< thunder; that. think, is much. we
ought 10 be able to destroy ttts ioreisl'
de@t I have seen their admiral-in-chief,
Gentlemen and he certainly ana not look
To me as II he knew much about ships and
hghtng.'
A low noise OF laughter ran around the
room. Already the magic of Hardy's plain
but dashlng and fascinating personality had
caught and won MS colleagues. II was inn
possible not to see by the faces around him
That lie was approved. He possessed the
faculty of making men work with enthu-
siasm for him.
What about the battle woTd?" said a
captain, as they turned TO troop away.
Suppose we say Trafalgar: said
Hardy
trafalgar has already been used three
times during the war said Lord Charles
Beresford 4 had decided upon another,
Mr. HARDY"
'Shoreham, answered Lord Charles
Beresford
And murmur of Hear. hear" as the
officers busiiy shook hands, spread half way
tip the stairway; and Jack, short while
afteTward, knowing who now led him, re
ceived the signaled word with high enthu-
siasm
BY the time Hardy reached his own ship
In No 9S the three appointed battleships
were Off TO the west
II was Just three bells, first dog watch
and the day, as IL lingering 10 see. showed
hardly q tendency to darken. The allied
feet was now much more distinctly mark &c
on the horizon. The British had quite u