Audiobook: Famous Sea Fights
- Download 00 β Introduction audio
- Download 01-02 β Ch. I. Salamis, B.C. 480 audio
- Download 03 β Ch. II. Actium audio
- Download 04 β Ch. III. Svold Island audio
- Download 05 β Ch. IV. Sluys audio
- Download 06 β Ch. V. Lepanto, Part 1 audio
- Download 07 β Ch. V. Lepanto, Part 2 audio
- Download 08 β Ch. V. Lepanto, Part 3 audio
- Download 09 β Ch. VI. The Armada Part 1 audio
- Download 10 β Ch. VI. The Armada Part 2 audio
- Download 11 β Ch. VI. The Armada Part 3 audio
- Download 12 β Ch. VII. Off the Gunfleet audio
- Download 13 β Ch. VIII. The Saintsβ Passage audio
- Download 14 β Ch. IX. Trafalgar Part 1 audio
- Download 15 β Ch. IX, Trafalgar Part 2 audio
- Download 16 β Ch. IX Trafalgar Part 3 audio
- Download 17 β Ch. X. Hampton Roads Part 1 audio
- Download 18 β Ch. X. Hampton Roads part 2 audio
- Download 19 β Ch XI. Lissa audio
- Download 20 β Ch. XII. The Yalu Part 1 audio
- Download 21 β Ch. XII. The Yalu Part 2 audio
- Download 22 β Ch. XIII. Santiago audio
- Download 23 β Ch. XIV. Tsu-shima Part 1 audio
- Download 24 β Ch. XIV. Tsu-shima Part 2 audio
- Download 25 β Ch. XIV. Tsu-shima, Part 3 audio
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I propose to tell in non-technical and popular language the story of some of the most remarkable episodes in the history of sea power. I shall begin with the first sea-fight of which we have a detailed historyβthe Battle of Salamis (B.C. 480), the victory by which Themistocles the Athenian proved the soundness of his maxim that βhe who commands the sea commands all.β I shall end with the last and greatest of naval engagements, the Battle of Tsu-shima, an event that reversed the long experience of victory won by West over East, which began with Salamis more than two thousand years ago.
I shall have to tell of British triumphs on the sea from Sluys to Trafalgar; but I shall take instances from the history of other countries also, for it is well that we should remember that the skill, enterprise, and courage of admirals and seamen is no exclusive possession of our own people.
I shall incidentally describe the gradual evolution of the warship from the wooden, oar-driven galleys that fought in the Straits of Salamis to the steel-built, steam-propelled giants that met in battle in the Straits of Tsu-shima. I shall have something to say of old seafaring ways, and much to tell of the brave deeds done by men of many nations. These true stories of the sea will, I trust, have not only the interest that belongs to all records of courage, danger, and adventure, but also some practical lessons of their own. (From the Introduction of the Book)
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