| Walter L. Haight - 1920 - 608 pages
...and asked Admiral Jellicoe if there was no remedy. "Absolutely none that we can see," was the reply. "It is impossible for us to go on with the war if these losses continue." Briefly, the situation was this: The transportation of supplies to the British... | |
| 1921 - 878 pages
...Jellicoe, as quietly as if he were discussing the weather and not the future of the British Empire, " it is impossible for us to go on with the war if losses like this continue." That was in April, 1917. By April, 1918, the peril was practically over. The great enemy of the submarine... | |
| Willis John Abbot - 1921 - 360 pages
...said as quietly as though he were discussing the weather, and not the future of the British Empire, ' it is impossible for us to go on with the war if these losses continue.' " ' What are you doing about it ? ' I asked. " ' Everything that we can. We... | |
| Thomas Goddard Frothingham - 1926 - 342 pages
...to show the British official view of the situation. He has quoted Admiral Jellicoe as saying: "Yes, it is impossible for us to go on with the war if losses like this continue." In answer to Admiral Sims' exclamation, "It looks as though the Germans were winning the war," Admiral... | |
| 1919 - 680 pages
...he was assigned — •' a slovenly, unhandy tin kettle." He distinguished himself in the P^gyptian wars. He commanded the gunboat Condor at the bombardment...constantly on my mind. I could think of nothing but the numl>er of ships they were sinking. At that time it certainly looked as though we were going to lose... | |
| James E. Edmonds - 1948 - 576 pages
...approaching despair " as the news of the sunken ships kept pouring in ", and Admiral Jellicoe said to him : " It is impossible for us to go on with the War if losses like "this continue". "Recent Revelations of European Diplomacy", by GP Gooch, p. 460. Continued at foot of next pap. two... | |
| Robert L. O'Connell - 1993 - 430 pages
...said, as quietly as though he were discussing the weather and not the future of the British Empire. "It is impossible for us to go on with the war if losses like this continue. . . ." "Is there absolutely no solution to the problem?" I asked. "Absolutely none that we can see... | |
| George W. Baer - 1996 - 572 pages
...Britain, France, and Italy each had only three to four weeks of wheat left in their reserve stock. "It is impossible for us to go on with the war if losses like this continue," Jellicoe told Sims. " 'It looks as though the Germans were winning the war/ [Sims] remarked. 'They... | |
| Thomas William Körner - 1996 - 548 pages
...'Yes,' he said quietly as though he was discussing the weather and not the future of the British Empire. 'It is impossible for us to go on with the war if losses like this continue . . . ' 'It looks as though the Germans are winning the war,' I remarked. They will win, unless we... | |
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