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353 “I had a most trying day”: Keyes,
Memoirs,
I, 145.

353 “The High Seas Fleet is at sea”: Ibid.

353 In the Admiralty War Room: For the discussion, see Churchill, I, 470.

354 “We sent you a terrible message”: Keyes,
Memoirs,
I, 148–49.

354 “It
was
terrible”: Ibid., 149.

354 “Words fail me”: Ibid., 147.

355 “The more we heard”: Young, 111.

355 “nearly broke my heart”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 111–12.

355 “The happenings of the last week”: Chalmers, 175.

355 “There never was a more disappointing day”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 110–12.

355 “He knows cruiser work”: Ibid., 111.

355 “intensely unhappy”: Marder, II, 144.

356 “The Commodore gives”: Ibid., 145.

356 “Should an officer commanding”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 117–18.

356 “To break off an action”: Ibid., 120.

356 “Beatty [is] very severe”: Ibid., 112.

356 “Goodenough was so close”: Hough,
Great War,
128.

356 “The true guilt”: Ibid.

356 “He lost three battles”: Marder, II, 140.

356 “They were all actually in our grasp”: Ibid., 143.

357
“a fool”:
Goldrick, 213.

357 “I suppose you must”: Fisher,
FGDN,
III, 185.

357 “Lord Fisher said”: Hough,
Great War,
128–29.

358 “There never was such bad luck”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 108.

358 “Dissatisfaction was widespread”: Churchill, I, 477–78.

359 “a regular bombardment”:
The Times,
Dec. 18, 1914, 9.

359 “the life of a single German soldier”: Ibid., Dec. 21, 1914, 8.

359 “the bombardment possibly heralds”: Ibid., Dec. 18, 1914, 10.

359 “It is extremely probable”: Scheer, 72.

359 “because he was afraid”: Marder, II, 147.

359 “entirely as a war measure”: Waldeyer-Hartz, 141.

359 “The advance of the main fleet”: Groos, III, 72–73.

359 “The restrictions enforced”: Scheer, 72.

359 “The effort to preserve the fleet”: Groos, III, 110.

CHAPTER 20: THE CUXHAVEN RAID: “STUPID GREAT THINGS, BUT VERY BEAUTIFUL”

362 “As a naval officer”: Tirpitz, I, 181.

362 “would be of no particular value”: Marder, I, 336.

362 “I rated the zeppelin much lower”: Churchill, I, 313.

363 “Aviation supersedes”: Randolph Churchill,
Winston S. Churchill,
II, 672.

363 “for the protection”: Churchill, I, 312.

363 “or seaplanes as I christened them”: Ibid.

363 “I had fifty efficient”: Ibid.

363 “airships on nocturnal missions”: Layman, 15.

364 “our dockyards”: Marder, I, 339.

364 “airplanes were the only means”: Churchill, I, 314.

364 “by bombing from airplanes”: Ibid., 314–15.

364 “the largest possible force”: Ibid., 315.

365 “[I] arrived at 5 p.m.”: Patterson,
Tyrwhitt,
81.

366 “I got considerable butter”: Ibid., 83.

366 “the enemy had a force present”: Jellicoe,
Grand Fleet,
165.

366 “to deliver to the German mainland”: Layman, 61.

366 “stewards who had been landed”: Patterson,
Tyrwhitt,
95.

367 The twin-hangar structure: The information about German navy zeppelins is from Layman, 74.

368 “a thick ground fog”: Ibid., 86.

370 “My method of defense”: Goldrick, 223.

370 “given ordinary sea room”: Ibid., 121.

370 “Zeppelins are not”: Patterson,
Tyrwhitt,
98.

370 “I wish all ships a Merry Christmas”: Ibid.

371 “ship-wrecked mariners”: Layman, 112.

372 “not by their exertions”: Ibid., 120.

372 “They are awfully pleased”: Patterson,
Tyrwhitt,
98.

373 “information from a trustworthy source”: Churchill, II, 62–63.

373 a letter to Churchill: Fisher,
FGDN,
III, 124.

373 “My dear Fisher”: Churchill, II, 64.

374 “clawed down in flames”: Ibid, I, 313.

CHAPTER 21: THE BATTLE OF THE DOGGER BANK: “KINGDOM COME OR TEN DAYS’ LEAVE”

376 “No offensive is to be carried”: Churchill, II, 61.

376 “If the weather tomorrow”: Groos, III, 191–92.

377 “Scouting Forces are to reconnoiter”: Ibid., 192–93.

378 “He looked at me intently”: Ibid., 129.

378 “Wilson wanted a rendezvous”: James,
A Great Seaman,
145–46.

379 “Four German battle cruisers”: Churchill, II, 130.

379 “Through the long hours”: Ibid., 131.

379 “the morning being”: Young, 172.

380 “I had the first watch”: Ibid., 175–76.

382 “The same efficiency”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 249.

382 “The eastern horizon”: Young, 177.

383 “The day was so clear”: Goodenough, 92.

383 “Am in action”: Young, 178.

384 “I was anxious at all costs”: Waldeyer-Hartz, 151.

384 “at least eight large ships”: Ibid.

385 “The pace at which the enemy”: Ibid, 152.

385 “Enemy sighted are four battle cruisers”: Young, 178.

385 “As day broke”: Chatfield, 131.

385 “On the horizon ahead”: Hough,
Great War,
132.

386 “Get us within range”: Chatfield, 132.

386 A midshipman on
Indomitable:
Schofield, 68.

387 Beatty’s signals: Young, 179–82.

387 “Well done,
Indomitable
”: Ibid., 183.

387 “We were all in high spirits”: Ibid., 184.

388 “
Lion
being our leading ship”: Ibid., 218–19.

388 “How soon should we open fire”: Chatfield, 132.

388 “We could see”: Young, 183.

388 “Open fire”: Ibid.

388 “to universal astonishment”: Churchill, II, 136.

389 “The enemy appeared”: Young, 182.

389 “a glare amid the smoke”: Ibid., 183.

389 “Destroyers take station”: Ibid., 184.

390 “Up to now”: Ibid.

391 “to the conning tower”: Chatfield, 133.

391 “It was impossible to endure the wind”: Ibid., 185.

391 “The Admiral and his staff”: Ibid., 190–91.

392 “Engage the corresponding ship”: Marder, II, 159.

392 “the unmolested
Moltke
”: Ibid., 160.

393 “Salvos of three”: Goldrick, 263.

393 “At nine a.m. . . . our battle cruisers”: Scheer, 80.

393 “the view . . . from the fire control”: Waldeyer-Hartz, 152.

393 “The action signals”: Ibid.

393 “The chances of support”: Ibid.

393 “a great glowing mass of fire”: Young, 187.

394 “A shell struck
Seydlitz
”: Chatfield, 134.

394 “Need assistance badly”: Groos, III, 285.

394 “Main fleet and flotillas”: Ibid.

395 “It was wonderful to see”: Bennett,
Naval Battles,
161.

395 “cleaving the water”: Schofield, 67.

395 “My range finder was useless”: Goldrick, 264.

395 “Many . . . details registered”: Young, 216–17.

396 “very nearly smothered”: Ibid., 205.

396 “so violent”: Ibid., 189.

396 “we must have been struck”: Chatfield, 134.

397 “Close the enemy as rapidly”: Goldrick, 271.

397 “We thought our last moment”: Young, 192.

397 “Attack the enemy”: Ibid., 193.

398 “At 10.54 a.m., submarines were reported”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 217.

398 “
Lion
hoisted the signal”: Pelly, 148–50.

399 “Good heavens, Sir”: Goldrick, 273.

399 “Had he turned and steered”: Bacon,
Modern Naval Strategy,
71.

399 “The best course”: Marder, II, 161.

400 “the whole spirit and direction”: Churchill, II, 138.

400 “it was impossible to endure”: Young, 185.

401 “What we need now”: Goldrick, 275.

403 “Only when he realized”: Waldeyer-Hartz, 159.

403 “I dismissed”: Ibid., 153.

403 “If Hipper’s leadership”: Ibid., 159.

404 “in stern turret D”: Ibid., 157.

CHAPTER 22: THE BATTLE OF THE DOGGER BANK: “
WHY DIDN’T YOU GET THE LOT
?
”

406 “a kind of obsession”: Young, 196.

406 “
Blücher
was under fire”: Goldrick, 277, and Young, 208–9.

406 “stayed for about twenty seconds”: Schofield, 67.

406 “was in a pitiable condition”: Patterson,
Tyrwhitt,
107.

406 “It was a pathetic sight”: Schofield, 67.

407 “As an example”: Corbett, II, 98.

407 “As we turned”: Young, 207.

407 “a tremendous picture”: Bennett,
Naval Battles,
163.

408 “Reports High Seas Fleet coming out”: Young, 198.

408 “Some one said, ‘Moore is reporting”: Churchill, II, 132.

408 “There can be few”: Ibid.

409 “the horrid news”: Chatfield, 134.

409 “an extraordinary spectacle”: Young, 201.

409 “around him, cheering”: Ibid.

409 “The
Lion
was one huge grandstand”: Ralph Seymour, 67.

409 “with the admiral’s flag”: Young, 201.

411 “an escort of thirteen”: Goldrick, 283.

411 “Germans are preparing”: Ibid.

411 “It was a strange journey”: Young, 204.

412 “Keep a good lookout”: Ibid.

412 “The silence of the ship”: Ibid., 204–5.

412 “There was a thick fog”: Ibid., 219.

413 “It was a bad decision”: Chatfield, 136.

413 “incredibly small and mean”: Young, 232.

413 “I most heartily congratulate”: Young, 211.

413 “It will be some time”: Marder, II, 166.

414 “After yesterday’s action”: Ibid., 167.

414 “For the second time”: Churchill, II, 140.

414 “The disappointment”: Keyes,
Memoirs,
I, 163.

414 “I think the spectacle”: Marder, II, 167.

414 “I am against all charges”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 144.

414 “despicable” and “No signals”: Marder, II, 168.

415 “if, as has since been stated”: Ibid.

415 “wanted to have”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 144.

415 “poltroon” to
“Any fool can obey orders”:
Fisher,
FGDN,
III, 150–51.

415 “Pelly did very badly”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 144–45.

415 “had done very well”: Ibid., 145.

415 “Special emphasis is laid”: Marder, II, 169.

415 “The future and the present”: Ibid., 171.

416 “in a split second”: Chalmers, 196.

416 “urgently inquiring”: Young, 224.

416 “I was taken”: Ibid., 225.

416 “We know from themselves”: Chalmers, 197.

416 “I’ve quite made up”: Fisher,
FGDN,
III, 150.

416 “an indecisive fight”: Marder, II, 167.

416 “Well do I remember”: Churchill, II, 89.

417 “My impression”: Young, 205.

417 “we had no director firing”: Ibid., 206.

417 “Every one of them”: Ibid., 222.

418 “would immediately have been fastened upon”: Ibid.

418 “The result of the engagement”: Churchill, II, 143.

418 “suspicion that the gunnery”: Jellicoe,
Grand Fleet,
181.

418 “We went out to sea”: Young, 233.

419 “in a marked degree”:
Beatty Papers,
I, 250.

420 “Jellicoe’s Battle Squadrons”: Fisher,
FGDN,
III, 156.

420 “The fundamental fact”: Ibid., 200.

420 “I imagine the Germans”:
Jellicoe Papers,
I, 152.

421 “The dominant feeling”: Marder, II, 165.

421 “Our own fire”: Waldeyer-Hartz, 154.

421 “There seems no obvious”: Scheer, 84.

422 “Hits on
Tiger
aft”: Waldeyer-Hartz, 156.

422 “I cannot confirm”: Ibid., 153.

422 “The tactical dispositions”: Ibid., 163.

422 “Seeing so many”: Scheer, 86.

422 “With the Dogger Bank”: Waldeyer-Hartz, 157.

422 “in English waters”: Ibid.

422 “All ships other”: Ibid., 154.

423 “The consumption of ammunition”: Ibid., 156.

423 “The working chamber”: Bennett,
Naval Battles,
164.

424 “The unexpected presence”: Scheer, 86.

424 “It must be considered”: Bennett,
NavalBattles,
165.

424 “Not apparent”: Ibid.

424 “The blame”: Groos, III, 243.

424 “short and square built”: Marder, II, 166.

425 “Apart from submarine warfare”: Churchill, II, 146–47.

425 “the second navy”: Marder, II, 175.

CHAPTER 23: “A DEMONSTRATION AT THE DARDANELLES”

428 “a chivalry which surely outstripped”: Marder, II, 231.

428 “It now appears”: Gilbert, I, 289–90.

428 “Who expected Carden”: Fisher,
FGDN,
III, 166.

428 “[Your] sole duty”: Churchill, I, 491.

429 “it is a good thing”: Gilbert, I, 299.

430
“You smug-faced crowds”:
Siegfried Sassoon, “Suicide in the Trenches,” from
Counter-attack and Other Poems
(1918).

431 “Are there not other alternatives”: Churchill, II, 44.

432 “I do not see”: Ibid., 94.

432 “I CONSIDER”: Fisher,
FGDN,
III, 117.

433 “His Majesty’s less valuable ships”: James,
Gallipoli,
26.

434 “Do you consider”: Churchill, II, 97–98.

434 “I do not consider”: Ibid.

434 “he seemed at this time”: Ibid., 100.

434 “Your view is agreed with”: Ibid., 99.

434 “until the impossibility”: Gilbert, I, 333.

434 “the Dardanelles appeared”: Ibid.

435 “Time required for operations”: Churchill, II, 102.

435 “the plan produced a great impression”: Ibid.

435 “firing all her ammunition”: Marder, II, 206.

435 “any sailor who attacked a fort”: Fisher,
Memories,
81.

435 “A ship can no more stand up”: Marder, II, 215.

437 “The War Council had been sitting”: Hankey, I, 265–66.

437 “with all the inexorable force”: Lloyd George, I, 338–39.