A. F. (Albert Pollard) Pollard

Capitolo 57

destroying the commerce on which we depended for existence from the,
the hope of assuring the command of the sea for them to that of
I stroll in a "no the earth" of man, a desert that anybody ally or neutral
ship could cross.

The to my-sow they started the war of moment it was declared, and 5 August the
Konigin Luise was sunk in the iniquitous action to sow loose mines in
the Sea of the North. Sheltered mines for coast and defense of harbour or mined fields
to sea it is legitimate he/she wants to say of war, provided that that warning is given of
the dangerous area;  loose mines are forbidden from international law,
because they cannot make distinction in their destruction among
neutrals and belligerents, merchantmen and man-of-war. But the German
flag that has practically disappeared from the seas, the Germans paid
few keeps in mind than to the risks of other people. 6 August a light cruiser,
the Amphion, struck one of these mines and you/he/she was sunk, and 3
September a gunboat, the Fast one, him met with a similar fate. A more
serious loss, although one whom man has been killed, was only that of the
super-Dreadnought Audacious of what it struck a mine to the north
Ireland 27 October and it sank as she was towed in harbour;
and a mine provoked the loss of the Hampshire, with God Kitchener on
approaches, in June 1916.

The submarine tried, however, the greatest danger, and there was
nothing illegal in the sinking of man-of-war or transports. 5
September the explorer, a light cruiser was torpedoed and you/he/she was sunk, and
the 13 the English retaliated him sinking the German light cruiser
Hela Heligoland nearby. However, the warning had not been taken
heart and 22 September the German submarine commander, Otto
Weddigen, subsequently sank the Aboukir, the Hogue and the Cressy,
three old men but substantial cruisers on the duty of patrol by the Dutch coast.
The Hogue and the Cressies lost because they came above to the liberation
and you/he/she was protected by any screen of destroyers and 680 officers and