 Captains are to look to their particular line as their rallying point. But, in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy.  Fleet Tactics Under Steam - Page 5by Foxhall Alexander Parker - 1870 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Naval art and science - 1918 - 416 pages
...their particular Line as their rallying point. But, in case Signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy. Of the intended attack from to windward, the Enemy in Line of Battle ready to receive an attack, Wind.1... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Naval art and science - 1918 - 418 pages
...their particular Line as their rallying point. But, in case Signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy. Of the intended attack from to windward, the Enemy in Line of Battle ready to receive an attack, Wind.1... | |
 | Arthur Corbett-Smith - World War, 1914-1918 - 1919 - 306 pages
...Masts and Yards of friends as well as foes .... Bui in case Signals can neither be seen nor perfectly understood, no Captain can do very wrong if he places...his Ship alongside that of an Enemy." — NELSON. (The Trafalgar Memorandum.) " SEEK out and destroy the enemy fleet " is an admirable maxim if it be... | |
 | Julian Stafford Corbett - Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 - 1919 - 362 pages
...their particular line as their rallying point. But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy. 1 Of the intended attack from to windward. The enemy in the line of battle ready to receive an attack.... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 714 pages
...be that of a close and decisive action, would supply any deficiency of signals, and act accordingly. itering. Though the sedge is wrong, if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." One of the last orders of this admirable... | |
 | William Oliver Stevens, Allan Ferguson Westcott - HISTORY - 1920 - 472 pages
...their particular line as their rallying point. But in case signals can neither be seen nor perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." At Jutland, despite the urgent signals of Beatty at two critical moments, neither Burney of the sixth... | |
 | James Richard Thursfield - Great Britain - 1920 - 440 pages
...their particular Line as their rallying point. But, in case Signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy." It has indeed been said that the day HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM 71 would have been equally well won,... | |
 | Harold Winter Hodges, Edward Arthur Hughes - Great Britain - 1922 - 260 pages
...their particular Line as their rallying point. But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy. Of the intended attack from to Windward, the Enemy in Line of Battle ready to receive an attack: The... | |
 | Harold Winter Hodges, Edward Arthur Hughes - Great Britain - 1922 - 260 pages
...their particular Line as their rallying point. But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy. Of the intended attack from to Windward, the Enemy in Line of Battle ready to receive an attack: The... | |
 | Artillery - 1897 - 444 pages
...orders for the battle of Trafalgar he says : " But, in case Signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an enemy." On October 21st, 1805, Nelson established at Trafalgar the decisive supremacy of Great Britain's sea... | |
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