1. ADMIRALTY ORGANIZATION: THE CHANGES IN1917
2. SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN IN THE EARLY PART OF1917
4. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CONVOY SYSTEM
6. THE ENTRY OF THE UNITED STATES: OUR NAVALPOLICY EXPLAINED
7. PATROL CRAFT AND MINESWEEPING SERVICES
8. THE DOVER PATROL AND THE HARWICHFORCES
10. "PRODUCTION" AT THE ADMIRALTY DURING1917
A Mine Exploding
A German Submarine of the U-C Type
A German Submarine of the later Cruiser Class
A Smoke Screen for a Convoy
The Dummy Deck-house of a Decoy Ship
A Convoy Zigzagging
A Convoy with an Airship
Drifters at Sea
A Paddle Minesweeper
A German Mine on the Surface
Two Depth Charges after Explosion
The Tell-tale Oil Patch
A Submarine Submerging
Periscope of Submerged Submarine Travelling at Slow Speed
A Submarine Submerged
A. Approach Areas and Typical Routes.
B. Typical Approach Lines.
C. Barred Zones Proclaimed by the Germans.
D. Patrol Areas, British Isles.
E. Patrol and Minesweeping Zones in the Mediterranean.
F. Showing French and British Ports within Range of the GermanBases at Ostend and Zeebrugge.
Owing to the peculiar nature and demands of naval warfare, butfew dispatches, corresponding to those describing the work andachievements of our great armies, were issued during the progressof the war. In a former volume I attempted to supply this defect inthe historical records, which will be available for futuregenerations, so far as the Grand Fleet was concerned, during myperiod as its Commander-in-Chief. The present volume, which wascommenced and nearly completed in 1918, was to have been publishedat the same time. My departure on a Naval mission early in 1919prevented me, however, from putting the finishing touches to themanuscript until my return this spring.
I hesitated as to the publication of this portion of what is ineffect one complete narrative, but eventually decided not to departfrom my original purpose. There is some reason to believe that theaccount of the work of the Grand Fleet gave the nation a fullerconception of the services which the officers and men of that forc