"The Flight of the Goeben and the Breslau" Topic
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Tango01  | 07 Jul 2025 4:12 p.m. PST |
"AFTER the publication in March 1920, of the "Official History of the War: Naval Operations, Vol. I.," by Sir Julian S. Corbett, I represented to the First Lord of the Admiralty that the book contained serious inaccuracies, and made a formal request that the Admiralty should take action in the matter. As the Admiralty did not think proper to accede to my request, I have thought it right to publish the following narrative.
n justice to the public, to the officers and men who served under my command, and to my own reputation, I have thought it right to publish the following narrative of the events in the Mediterranean immediately preceding and following upon the outbreak of war, concerning which there has been, and is, some unfortunate misapprehension.
During the war, when secrecy with regard to naval operations was necessary, it was natural that the public anxiety should find expression in conjectures, and that false impressions should prevail. I select the following passages from Hansard as examples : " Hansard (House of Commons), 31st July, 1916. Escape of the Goeben and Breslau (Dispatches)…"
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