The Naval History of the World War : Offensive Operations, 1914-1915

ACKNOWLEDGMENT CONTENTS I. The German "Dry-Land" Plan of War II. Control of the Seas at the Beginning of the World War III. The Distribution of Naval Forces IV. The Outbreak of War V. First Naval Movements throughout the World VI. Naval Strategy at the Beginning of Hostilities. Escape of the Goeben and Breslau to Constantinople VII. The Far East, August 1914 VIII. Transporting the British Expeditionary Force. The Action in the Heligoland Bight IX. The Mediterranean and the Outlying Seas X. Loss of the Belgian Coast. Lord Fisher in the British Admiralty XI. The Battle of Coronel XII. The New Naval Situation and the Battle of the Falkland Islands XIII. Changes of Naval Strategy XIV. GERMAN NAVAL RAIDS. THE DOGGER BANK CHASE XV. THE DARDANELLES PROJECT XVI. THE DARDANELLES. FIRST NAVAL ATTACKS XVII. THE DARDANELLES. FINAL DEFEAT OF NAVAL ATTACKS APPENDICES A. Tables showing Initial Naval Forces of the Powers Β. Letter of Admiral Jellicoe to the Admiralty C. Development of the Blockade of the Confederacy in the Civil War (1861-1865) D. Vice-Admiral Carden's Plan for the Reduction of the Dardanelles by Naval Forces Alone E. Table of Dates of the World War Index