Excerpt from Naval Power in the War: 1914-1917 The eleven chapters in this work, with one exception, were contributed to The New York Times Current History Magazine during the year 1917 and now appear in revised form. The exception is the sixth chapter - The Dardanelles Operations - which was written to complete the series covering the major naval operations of the war and is now published for the first time. The author takes occasion to extend his acknowledgments and thanks to the editors of The New York Times Current History Magazine for permission to republish which they have kindly given. Acknowledgment is also made to Allan Westcott, Ph.D., Instructor in the United States Naval Academy, for maps and diagrams contributed and for help given in editing the text. Sincere thanks are expressed to Mr. T. G. Frothingham, to the Staff of the English Department of the United States Naval Academy, and to the Officers of the Oklahoma and the Seattle for many helpful suggestions cordially given throughout the progress of these studies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.