Hidden fields
Books Books
" it is impossible for us to go on with the War if losses like this continue. "
Outlook and Independent - Page 118
1919
Full view - About this book

Racine County in the World War: A History

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...
Full view - About this book

The North American Review, Volume 213

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...
Full view - About this book

Blue Jackets of 1918: Being the Story of the Work of the American Navy in ...

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...
Full view - About this book

The Naval History of the World War ...: The United States in the War, 1917-1918

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...
Full view - About this book

Inquiry Into Operations of the United States Air ..., Volume 7; Volume 35

United States. Congress. House. Select Committee of Inquiry into Operations of the United States Air Services - 1925 - 900 pages
...interview with Admiral Jellico : " I expressed my consternation to Admiral Jdlico. ' Yes,' he said ; ' it is impossible for us to go on with the war if losses like this continue.' " Admiral Korr : " No battleship could come within 200 :'• miles of a port protected by mines, submarines,...
Full view - About this book

The Outlook, Volume 123

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...
Full view - About this book

Military Operations: 7th June-10th November: Messines and third Ypres ...

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...
Full view - About this book

Sacred Vessels: The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy

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...
Limited preview - About this book

One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U. S. Navy, 1890-1990

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...
Limited preview - About this book

The Pleasures of Counting

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...
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF