The Battle Cruisers at the Action of the Falkland Islands.
By Commander Rudolf Verner, R.N. Edited by Colonel Willoughby Verner. (John Bale, Sons, and Danielsson. 42s. net.)—This highly interesting volume contains by far the beat account of the Falklands action that we have seen. The author, who was gunnery lieutenant of the Inflexible,' wrote a confidential report on the action, and this is now printed, with a plan and some spirited water-colour sketches made at the time or shortly afterwards. Of the author, who was unhappily killed in the attack on the inner forts at the Darda- nelles on March 18th, 1915, Mr. Harold Hodge contributes an admirable memoir, with extracts from his correspondence. We may note that the ' Inflexible,' which was in the Mediter- ranean in August, 1914, did not receive orders to chase the Goeben ' until August 9th, when it was of course far too late to do anything. The book is not only an attractive memorial to a brilliant young officer, but also a trustworthy record of the most decisive action in the war at sea.
Previous page
