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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Operations Upon the Sea, by Franz Edelsheim This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Operations Upon the Sea A Study Author: Franz Edelsheim Release Date: November 12, 2008 [EBook #27244] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OPERATIONS UPON THE SEA *** Produced by Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) OPERATIONS UPON THE SEA OPERATIONS UPON THE SEA A STUDY BY FREIHERR VON EDELSHEIM IN THE SERVICE OF THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF IN 1901 TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN NEW YORK THE OUTDOOR PRESS 1914 Copyright, 1914, by THE OUTDOOR PRESS Published November, 1914 VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK FOREWORD This book is of especial importance at this time, for if Germany is to reach the degree of advantage which her military preparedness seemed to prophesy, it is plain that her navy must become increasingly active, and play a far different role than that it has assumed in the early stages of the war. Covering this phase of the German operations the present volume must appeal as forecasting movements strictly within the bounds of actuality. A literal translation is all that has been attempted, with absolutely no embellishment to make it "popular" or easy reading. With characteristic bluntness this German officer brushes aside non-essentials and goes to the main point in daring fashion. For that very reason it is exceedingly pertinent to present-day discussions. Issued as a military study in Germany, semi-official in nature, to characterize it mildly, the material herein published for the first time in English reveals the theories of at least a portion of the military arm of the German Government, which it is only fair to state may not represent the convictions of the German people. Americans, as neutral but extremely interested observers of happenings of the moment, cannot be blamed, however, for making note of revelations that may come from either side in the co
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