This phase included a running fight, as the German dreadnaughts fled toward their bases.
Both in the number of lives and the tonnage lost, the battle was the greatest sea-fight in history, as well as the first in which modern dreadnaughts have been engaged.
The Lavoisier herself was darkened and drifting, her force shell feeble and waning, while the flaming disruptors of a trio of dreadnaughts concentrated upon her.
Behind them, slowly and ponderously, rose a terrible fleet of fifty dreadnaughts with vast firepower.
The two super-dreadnaughts were now approaching the Hill.
The two super-dreadnaughts leaped into the high stratosphere and tore westward.
The pirate ships flashed up, filling ether and sub-ether alike with a solid mush of interference through which no call for help could be driven; two super-dreadnaughts against the cruiser, one against the freighter.
And in that very short space of time two Black super-dreadnaughts ceased utterly to be.
The three Black super-dreadnaughts leaped forward as one.
Within the last few years it has been the policy of many nations to increase the army and to build as many Dreadnaughts and super-dreadnaughts as possible.
We shall soon see every nation arming to the teeth for the sake of her national honor and safety, and draining her treasury for the purpose of building dreadnaughts and providing armaments.
England introduceddreadnaughts and not only builds them for herself but also furnishes them on demand to Japan and South America.
Although there are nine dreadnaughts building, but two are ready, and no cruisers.
And the Deutsche Tageszeitung: “What is Russia’s purpose in building a mighty fleet of dreadnaughts for the Baltic?
Dreadnaughts have scarcely yet been tried in actual warfare, and the nation that has made mistakes in theory may live to rue them bitterly in practise.
Moreover, of the ten dreadnaughts six are only what are called half-dreadnaughts and only three of the others are ready for service.
Previously Germany was out of the running as regards the number of ships; now, where only dreadnaughts count, she is becoming a good second.
These sentinel dreadnaughts never turned a search-light to sweep the surrounding sea.
After a hard struggle we caused the new locks to be built of the largest possible size, capable of meeting the development of dreadnaughts for a long time to come.
There, flags flying, bands playing, a line of Dreadnaughts was steaming down the harbor.
By the decorations you'd think the Dreadnaughts were Japan's long lost brothers, instead of battle-ships of a country that's likely to have a row on with her almost any minute.
What if one of those Dreadnaughts should go down in this friendly harbor!
What if one of those Dreadnaughts by whatever accident should go down in this friendly harbor?
Just below Elephant Rock is ~Battleship Harbor~, a placid reach of the Merced in which fancied granite dreadnaughtsride anchor.
Just below it is ~Battleship Harbor~, a placid stretch of the Merced in which fancied granite dreadnaughts ride anchor.
And then there are the dreadnaughts of the sky who actually take part in an attack, flying low over the lines and attacking the enemy infantry with guns and with death-dealing bombs.
Yet this idea has been put into practise in building the latest types of aerial dreadnaughts used for reconnaissance.
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