 ... them, the coast cities must depend upon their forts, mines, torpedoes, submarines, and torpedo boats and destroyers. All of these together are efficient for defensive purposes, but they in no way supply the place of a thoroughly efficient navy capable...  Circulars - Page 66by Signal Office - 1915Full view - About this book
 | George Edward Plumbe, James Langland, Claude Othello Pike - Almanacs, American - 1907 - 578 pages
...a thoroughly efficient navy capable of acting on the offensive, for parrying never yet won a flght. It can only be won by hard hitting and an aggressive...the navy may be footloose. In time of war there Is snre to be demand, under pressure of fright, for the ships to be scattered so as to defend all kind... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - United States - 1908 - 874 pages
...in no way supply the place of a thoroughly efficient navy capable of acting on the offensive ; for parrying never yet won a fight. It can only be won...for the ships to be scattered so as to defend all kind of ports. Under penalty of terrible disaster, .this demand must be refused. The ships must be... | |
 | Percival A. Hislam - Navies - 1908 - 276 pages
...the place of a thoroughly efficient navy acting on the offensive; for parrying never yet won a naval fight. It can only be won by hard hitting, and an aggressive sea-going navy can alone do this hard hitting of the offensive type." The breezy advocacy of the President has not,... | |
 | Paul Samuel Reinsch - United States - 1909 - 920 pages
...in no way supply the place of a thoroughly efficient navy capable of acting on the offensive ; for parrying never yet won a fight. It can only be won...for the ships to be scattered so as to defend all kind of ports. Under penalty of terrible disaster, this demand must be refused. The ships must be kept... | |
 | United States. Department of State - Latin America - 1910 - 712 pages
...they in no way supply the place of a thoroughly efficient navy capable of acting on the offensive; for parrying never yet won a fight. It can only be won...for the ships to be scattered so as to defend all kind of ports. Under penalty of terrible disaster, this demand must be refused. The ships must be kept... | |
 | 1910 - 444 pages
...upon their forts, mines, torpedoes, submarines, torpedo boats and destroyers. ' ' He further remarks: "Parrying never yet won a fight. It can only be won by hard hitting, and an aggrsesive sea-going navy alone can do this hard hitting of the offensive type. But the forts and the... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1910 - 976 pages
...in no way supply the place of a thoroughly efficient navy capable of acting on the offensive ; for parrying never yet won a fight. It can only be won...for the ships to be scattered so as to defend all kind of ports. Under penalty of terrible disaster, this demand must be refused. The ships must be kept... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - Presidents - 1908 - 878 pages
...in no way supply the place of a thoroughly efficient navy capable of acting on the offensive ; for parrying never yet won a fight. It can only be won...for the ships to be scattered so as to defend all kind of ports. Under penalty of terrible disaster, this demand must be refused. The ships must "be... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 500 pages
...in no way supply the place of a thoroughly efficient navy capable of acting on the offensive ; for parrying never yet won a fight. It can only be won...aggressive sea-going navy alone can do this hard hitting cf the offensive type. But the forts and the like are necessary so that the Navy may be footloose.... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 564 pages
...in no way supply the place of a thoroughly efficient navy capable of acting on the offensive ; for parrying never yet won a fight. It can only be won...aggressive sea-going navy alone can do this hard hitting cf the offensive type. But the forts and the like are necessary so that the Navy may be footloose.... | |
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