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==Battle Cruisers==
 
On 24 February, 1915, Chatfield wrote to Captain Phillimore of ''Inflexible'' that, "Whoever gets the biggest volume of fire, short or hitting, will gain the ascendancy and keep it as the other fellow can't see to reply."<ref>Acheson Papers.  Imperial War Museum.  IWM 1617 P160.  Quoted in Gordon.  ''Rules of the Game''.  p. 47.</ref>
 
On 24 February, 1915, Chatfield wrote to Captain Phillimore of ''Inflexible'' that, "Whoever gets the biggest volume of fire, short or hitting, will gain the ascendancy and keep it as the other fellow can't see to reply."<ref>Acheson Papers.  Imperial War Museum.  IWM 1617 P160.  Quoted in Gordon.  ''Rules of the Game''.  p. 47.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
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Revision as of 14:16, 8 April 2010

Battle Cruisers

On 24 February, 1915, Chatfield wrote to Captain Phillimore of Inflexible that, "Whoever gets the biggest volume of fire, short or hitting, will gain the ascendancy and keep it as the other fellow can't see to reply."[1]

Footnotes

  1. Acheson Papers. Imperial War Museum. IWM 1617 P160. Quoted in Gordon. Rules of the Game. p. 47.