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Identifier: literarydigesthi09hals (find matches)
Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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had morethan one encounter with submarines after America enteredthe war. She had drawn first blood in the conflict betweenthe United States and Germany in April when, sighting aZJ-boat, her gunners, under Lieutenant Bruce Ware, fired asix-inch shell at the periscope before the enemy-craft couldlaunch a torpedo. Her captain was killed. American de-stroyers, by this time, were credited with having helpedmaterially in keeping the submarine menace down andmaking the patrol more effective. On June 5 British naval forces carried out three suc-cessful operations. Zeebrugge was subjected to a bom-bardment declared by correspondents to have been the mostformidable of the war. The German base at Ostend wasalso attacked with good results, according to the Ad-miralty. Again a fleet of light cruisers and destroyers, ina running battle with six hostile destroyers off the Belgiancoast, sank one by gunfire, severely damaged a second, anddrove the rest to the safety of their own mined waters. The 350
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ADMIRAL SIMS Under Admiral Sims American destroyers rendered notable service in overcoming German L-boat warfare 351 IN THE GERMAN COLONIES AND ON THE SEA British forces were reported to have emerged from all threeoperations unscathed. There were no casualties on ourside, said the Admiralty statement. A notable reductionin shipping losses had been due in part to an intensifieddefense, in part, also, to a natural fluctuation in the Ger-man effort as ?7-boats put back to port for rest and re-plenishment. There still remained reason for confidence.It was plain that the German maximum could not long bemaintained and a change of tone was noticeable in the Ger-man press. There was less Pan-German assurance, whethersincere or profest, and there was, indeed, an intimation thatthe German people would have to wait for their CZ-boat vic-tory till October or later. Actually the indicated Britishlosses during the month had been less than the losses forNovember, December, and January. Hindenburgs p

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