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Title: The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944
Subjects: Ships Shipbuilding
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company London, Seeley and co., limited
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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n this battle, as in thebattle of the Sea of Japan, mist and fog, coming andgoing at intervals, hampered tactics in a most annoyingmanner. In the former, as soon as the Austrian scoutshad reported Six steamers in sight,* and from theflagship almost simultaneously smoke had been discernedto the south-east, immediately a squall of rain shutdown any further observation at a most critical juncture,and the weather did not clear again for two hours. Inthe more recent battle, after the Japanese had concen-trated heavy fire upon the Russians so that several ofthe latters ships burst into flames and were compelledto leave the firing line, a fog came down and envelopedthe fleet, insomuch that the Japs ceased firing at theenemy for a time. It is thus that Nature, by suddenlyobliterating the range of vision, can reduce the best laidschemes of strategy and gunnery to utter uselessness. In the event of a naval battle being fought, for in-stance, in the North Sea, it is more than likely that the 230
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