REAR-ADMIRAL W. S. SIMS U.S. NAVY

THE VICTORY AT SEA

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Rear Admiral William Sowden Sims U.S. Navy

THE VICTORY AT SEA

BY REAR-ADMIRAL WILLIAM SOWDEN SIMS U.S. NAVY

COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN NAVAL FORCES OPERATING IN EUROPEAN WATERS DURING THE GREAT WAR

IN COLLABORATION WITH BURTON J. HENDRICK

WITH PORTRAIT AND PLANS

LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1920

First Edition, November 1920 Reprinted, December 1920 All Rights Reserved

Printed by Hasell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury, England.

TO THE GALLANT OFFICERS AND MEN WHOM I HAD THE HONOUR TO COMMAND DURING THE GREAT WAR IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF A LOYAL DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE THAT GREATLY LIGHTENED THE RESPONSIBILITY BORNE BY "THE OLD MAN"