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...main fleet is the basis upon which our naval strategy rests, but the cover it can provide is rarely complete, and it may always be expected that detached enemy units may evade the main fleet and carry out sporadic attacks on territories and trade. To deal with these attacks, considerable numbers of cruisers are required over and above those forming part of the main fleet...
...main fleet the capital ship is the essential element upon which the whole structure of our naval strategy depends. The age of our battleships renders it necessary to commence their replacement at an early date, but the extent of new construction would be subject to any agreement reached at the forthcoming naval conference...
...evidenced by the recent notice of Japan to terminate the Washington treaty and by the programs effected and contemplated by some European powers. It is the hope of the Government to secure an arrangement that will avoid competition in naval armaments whilst leaving us free to maintain the fleet at the strength necessary for our absolute requirements...
...sleet froze the two armies in their tracks in the shadow of the mountains of Boz. Both sides fought best with rumors: that Venizelos had been wounded by an airplane bomb; that he had fled to Egypt; that the Averoff had been sunk; that the rest of the fleet had gone over to the rebels; that the Averoff had shot down two loyal planes; that a man named Anthony Fix was financing the revolution; that the rebels had advanced halfway to Athens; that they had bombarded the Parthenon. The Government was not "crushing" the revolution but as time passed without...
Without weighing the improbability of an enemy coming singly to a port known to be guarded by a powerful fleet, this worthy commander blew frightened blasts on his whistle all the way in, warning no less than 15 other ships of the Spanish monster...