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The Twelve Decisive Battles of the War; A History of the Easternand Western Campaigns, in Relation to the Actions That Decided Their Issue

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...of its merits and its meaning; the professional naval world was profoundly agitated; Admiralty Boards and Ministers of Marine conned its details; in fine, Russia and Sweden promptly accepted the Monitor as the solution of the naval problem of the age, and followed the lead of America in reconstructing their navies on that system. France and England had, unfortunately for themselves, been committed to the broadside iron-clad beforo tho introduction of the Monitor, and the enormous sums already laid out, (enough to build many squadrons of Monitors), joined to some national pride, and, in the case of England at least, reenforced by a wondrous obstinacy of depreciation only to be understood when one reads such histories as that of the screw-propeller--these causes prevented the renunciation in France and England of their iron-clad navies already built, and the substitution of tho turreted Monitor. However, in both countries, the combat of the 9th of March was received with the profoundest study, and was regarded as tho death-stroko to wooden war-vessels. In England, on hearing the news of the battle, the House of Commons, in obedience to general sentiment, stopped at once the great military project of building forts at Spithead for the defence of Portsmouth. The Defence Commission, too, was hastily reassembled for the special purpose of considering the effect of the "recent engagement that has taken place in the Chesapeake between the naval forces of the United States and the Confederates," on the erection of these forts. The Royal Commission found "the expression of opinion which followed the action of the Mer-rimac and Monitor," and the "doubts that took possession of the public mind " thereupon to be "not unreasonable."...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781231199503
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 162
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1231199504
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 299 gr

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