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Title: Our wonderful navy; the story of the sure shield in peace and war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Margerison, John S
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London, Cassell and Co., Ltd
Contributing Library: Robarts – University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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At half-pastfive she stopped with a heavy list to starboard, though here and therea gun still fired at times. Carnarvon, who had now arrived, Invincibleand Inflexible closed on her, and at six oclock, with her colours stillflying, she turned turtle and sank. The three British ships immediatelyset about rescuing survivors—and then went back to harbour tocomplete coaling, having removed from the face of the seas the terrorsof the Pacific. Meanwhile, Cornwall and Glasgow had dealt faithfully with Leipzig,sinking her, while Kent had done the same for Niirnberg. Out of thefive ships that fought Cradock only one now was left, hunted, a fugitive,to join the elusive Karlsruhe in being the only German surface warshipsoutside the Kiel Canal. So ended the power of Germany in the Pacific,so were avenged Cradock and his gallants, and, his task accomplished,Sturdee brought home his squadron to divide themselves once morein the places where they belonged, and where there was still work tobe done.

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CHAPTER XVIIITHE BATTLE OF DOGGER BANK DURING the early days of the war, the German Navy did itsbest to bring liome the war to the people who inhabited ourEast Coast towns. At carefully selected intervals certainheavy ships would dash out of their hiding places in the mouths ofthe Rivers Ems and Weser, and, racing across the North Sea, fireshells into any undefended to^\Ti they happened to strike. The Hartlepools and Scarborough suffered rather badly in oneof these raids, and on January 24th, 1915, Yarmouth was subjectedto bombardment by a fast battle-cruiser squadron. It so happened, however, that on this occasion Vice-AdmiralBeatty was patrolling the North Sea, and when at 7.30 in the morn-ing the flash of guns was observed to the south-west of his position,he immediately worked his fleet up to full speed, ordering his lightcioiisers to go ahead and reconnoitre. Aurora, one of them, reportedshortly afterwards that she was engaged with the enemy, so Beattyshaped his course to get bet

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