The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 - English literature |
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Page 75
... German an imprudent question about the Navy , if you are lucky he will refer you to the German Admiralty ; if you are unlucky , you will probably be the guest of the Government the next day , if not sooner . If you take his advice and ...
... German an imprudent question about the Navy , if you are lucky he will refer you to the German Admiralty ; if you are unlucky , you will probably be the guest of the Government the next day , if not sooner . If you take his advice and ...
Page 76
... German drawings . The maps ac- companying these articles , viz . the general map , including the Kiel Canal ; those of the German coast defences on the North Sea and Heligoland ; the large - scale plan of Wilhelmshaven , and the map of ...
... German drawings . The maps ac- companying these articles , viz . the general map , including the Kiel Canal ; those of the German coast defences on the North Sea and Heligoland ; the large - scale plan of Wilhelmshaven , and the map of ...
Page 77
... German North Sea coast - in short , a verit- able banquet of German Navy delicacies , with , as pièce de resistance , a trip through the Kiel Canal . And this is what I have now to tell you about . ( 2 ) GERMANY'S COAST DEFENCES . From ...
... German North Sea coast - in short , a verit- able banquet of German Navy delicacies , with , as pièce de resistance , a trip through the Kiel Canal . And this is what I have now to tell you about . ( 2 ) GERMANY'S COAST DEFENCES . From ...
Page 78
... German Army does not play some part . A case in point we find in the Island of Borkum , the most western of the Frisian Islands and practically in sight of Holland . It guards the channels leading to Emden Harbour and to some minor ...
... German Army does not play some part . A case in point we find in the Island of Borkum , the most western of the Frisian Islands and practically in sight of Holland . It guards the channels leading to Emden Harbour and to some minor ...
Page 79
... German fleet lies inactive in the Kiel Canal are entirely wrong . It is continually on the watch , and its ships are day and night in the North Sea , often as far out as a hundred miles . It is guarding Germany's coast , and here ...
... German fleet lies inactive in the Kiel Canal are entirely wrong . It is continually on the watch , and its ships are day and night in the North Sea , often as far out as a hundred miles . It is guarding Germany's coast , and here ...
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