Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-02

Our naval authorities followed gem
orally the principle of keeping battle
ships in harbor while attempting ta|
weaken the enemy through minor war
fare, particularly with submarine and
mines, to a point where an attack on
the main fleet will offer some Pros
peet% Of success. How correct Mf
strategy was is proved by the M
IL months. Thanks TO the electives
Of our submarines, which excited v
justified admiration of theSw1A
world, it has been possible st
wound the British fleet.
Utility Of Submarines.
"In addition, our submarine arm h
busted itself since the beginning
the year in an entirely unexpeUa
way. as a destroyer Of commeu
Views may differ as to the final at
come in this field. but it is und
that a nation like Germanys
commerce has been driven &
seas but which can subsis<
imports, has an extraordinaf
tage over a country dependenx
entirely, like Britain. upon Inn
tons of food and raw naterf&3aa
the water. The submarine dnG5
questionably weighs like MI
upon the inhabitants Of TN IN
land. The future results u On
extension, as we hope. Of thar
activity Of our submAxjf
be predicted. but the ssyr
generally cherished In Ger
the submarine campaign S1
accelerate the demand le
England. ss3 I
7atslsships, NietimS
Every type o. wArxhip u
victim to German submarines
tleships Formidable. Triump1 ~
jestic. the armored cFslis Aru1
Cressy and Ahoulsir. The sussf1n am.
ored cruiser Pallaba the cruisu
Hawke and Pathfinder. ana the BhtA
destroyer Recruit, for examples \
neither the express steamer r. q &
slow fishing boat Il safs ftp1E9 4
deadly torpedoes. ss.. e
Aerial Forsa I
I'm addition. the aeridI r
service has won many hAlS
pelins crossed the North ~ Il
even to London ana back, ep +
aeroplanes participated HI I
struction OF the eiemieee \
merchant ships. The question
airships and aeroplanes could T. ]
extensively at Sea must. b u {
Of the achievements OF our ca \
be answered afiirmatively. En-. 4
German aircraft have even &
successfully against the dresded I
marines. A Russian submarine y
destroyed IN the Baltic by bombs ~
an aeroplAne. and at least one ~
ish submarine met the same fate !"
North Sea- (
"The general fear Of submarius
responsible for the remarkable se i
tacle Of the heavily armed and st1ol.
M armored battleships rarely ven'p
ing to leave sheltering harbors~snr
which before the war were counted
decisive factors in sea power, we
which find themselves CONDEMNED
inactive roles. Clashes Of heavy W
tleships. like those in distant wa'Hs
have borne out the old rule that
periority In numbers, artillery s ,
speed make up the decisive factor +"
victory. .r..
THE British were defeated OIL Y"
onel. Chile, because the Monmouth " I.
Good Hope depended for the most y
on six-inch guns, while the Gel|
cruisers Gneisenau\ and Scharnn'
carried many s.3-inch guns. the
tory at the Falkland Islands was II
TOR the British battle cruisers NV
BILE and Inflexible and their copS.
because they mounted 12-incn
and also were much faster tna'
German ships. nd
In warship duels also weisn a.,
armament were decisive. The - .
ney, armed with six-inch guns -
thus able to destroy the Ends
only 4.2-inch cannon"
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