Download or read book The Blocking of Zeebrugge Classic Reprint written by Captain A. Blakeney Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Blocking of Zeebrugge In appreciating the military reasons which directed the operations connected with the blocking of Zeebrugge, it is desirable to recall to mind the general naval situation at the beginning of 1918. Briefly stated, the German High Seas Fleet was contained within the waters of the Heligoland Bight by the British Grand Fleet, whilst German submarines were engaged on vast operations, having for their object the stoppage of the trade of Great Britain, and interference with our lines of communication. In the face of such an attack, the aim of Great Britain was either to destroy the enemy submarines, or, failing destruction, to prevent their egress from their bases. Convoy operations, patrol operations, and mining operations in all seas were carried out to achieve the former aim, and accomplished great results. But enemy submarines continued to be built almost as rapidly as they were destroyed. It was essential, therefore, to take what measures were possible to render useless their bases and interfere with their freedom of exit, and it was with this military object that plans for the blocking of Zeebrugge were initiated. Emphasis has been laid on the military reason which underlay this operation, because an erroneous impression has existed in some quarters that the Zeebrugge operations were more in the nature of an offensive designed to lower the morale of the enemy and enhance that of the British Navy, which, as a whole, had little opportunity of coming to grips with the enemy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Zeebrugge Affair Classic Reprint written by Keble Howard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Zeebrugge Affair These men went out on the eve of St. George's Day, 1918, to do those two things - the one utilitarian, the other romantic. They went out to block the Bruges Canal at Zeebrugge - to stop that mouth which for so long past has been vomiting forth its submarines and its destroyers against our hospital ships, and our merchant vessels, and the merchant vessels of coun tries not engaged in this war. They blocked it so neatly, so effectively that it will be utterly useless as a submarine base for - I long to tell you the Opinion of the experts, but I may not - many months to come. This shall be proved for you as we proceed. Now let me explain, very briefly, the nature of the task which the Navy set itself. You imagine Zeebrugge, perhaps, as a long and dreary breakwater, flanked by flat and sparsely populated country, with a few German coastguards dotted about, and a destroyer or two in the offing. I am certain that that is the mental picture most of us had of Zeebrugge - if we had one at all. Now think of Dover or Portsmouth as you knew them in times of peace. Conceive a garrison of no less than one thousand men ever on the breakwater. Glance at the plan of Zeebrugge reproduced in this book, and figure to yourself, at every possible coign of vantage, guns of mighty calibre, destroyers lurk ing beneath the Mole on the harbour side, search lights at all points, and great land guns in the distance ready to pulverise any hostile craft that dares to Show its nose within miles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The Blocking of Zeebrugge written by Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Blocking of Zeebrugge Etc With Plates and Maps written by Alfred Francis Blakeney CARPENTER and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Blocking of Zeebrugge by Captain A F B Carpenter with an Introduction by Admiral Earl Beatty and Appreciations by Marshall Foch and Rear Admiral Sims written by A. F. B. Carpenter (capitaine de vaisseau.) and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Story of Zeebrugge with an Account of the Blocking of Zeebrugge St George s Day 23 April 1918 written by Colonel Stinglhamber and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Story of Zeebrugge with an Account of the Blocking of Zeebrugge 1918 Translated by Major C S Langdale With Illustrations and Maps written by G. STINGLHAMBER and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Law of Blockade Classic Reprint written by A. Maurice Low and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Law of Blockade The right of a nation at war to close the ports of its enemy so as to prevent him securing food or military supplies is as old as war itself. This is known as a blockade. It was practiced by the Greeks and the Romans. It is the complement on sea of operations on land. Cities and forts have always been blockaded by armies, the purpose being to prevent their inhabitants or garrisons from receiving assistance and to force their surrender through exhaustion. A sea blockade aims to accomplish the same purpose on a grander scale. It is directed not against a single fortress or city, but a whole people. There is a difference in degree, but no difference in effect. In a beleaguered fortress a few thousand, sometimes many thousand, persons suffer hunger, they die because they are deprived of drugs and other medical necessities. When an entire coast is under blockade the deaths and the misery are multiplied tenfold, a hundred-fold, a thousand-fold. This is one of the brutalities of war. The land belongs to nations, each sovereign over its own, the sea belongs to all. National jurisdiction extends to one marine league, or three land miles, beyond the coast line, outside of that the heaving waters are common property: the high seas have been given over, by consent of mankind, to the free use of man, subject only to such restrictions as civilization and experience have proved to be for the general good. In war nations close their barriers. It is a military measure, and he who ignores the warning does so at his peril. For an alien to attempt to enter belligerent territory is to run grave risk; he may suffer a long term of imprisonment, very often death; his goods can be confiscated. His intentions may be innocent, he may simply endeavour to cross from his own neutral country through that of the enemy to another neutral country, but his intent docs not save him. Whenever lie sets foot in the country at war he hazards his property, his liberty or his life. To complete the isolation measures are taken to prevent intrusion from the sea. International law sanctions blockade and provides a penalty for its violation. When a port is blockaded and a neutral vessel attempts to enter, it may be seized and the vessel and cargo become "lawful prize," that is the property of the captor as the spoils of war. There is, it will be seen, no difference between the penalty on land or sea, only the law of the sea is more merciful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
