Aye, but these braggarts yet shall learn
Who'd hold the world in fee,
The Sea is God's--and England,
England shall keep it free.
--R. E. VERNEDE.
[Frontispiece: VIKING MAN-OF-WAR.]
FLAG AND FLEET
HOW THE BRITISH NAVY WON THE
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
BY
WILLIAM WOOD
Lieutenant-Colonel, Canadian Militia; Member of the Canadian Special
Mission Overseas; Editor of "The Logs of the Conquest of Canada";
Author of "All Afloat: A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways";
"Elizabethan Sea Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and his Companions"; and
"The Fight for Canada: A Naval and Military Sketch."
WITH A PREFACE BY
ADMIRAL-OF-THE-FLEET SIR DAVID BEATTY
G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., Etc., Etc.
TORONTO: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
OF CANADA, LTD., AT ST. MARTIN'S HOUSE
1919
COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1919, BY
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED
To
_Admiral-of-the-Fleet_
_Lord Jellicoe_
_In token of deep admiration
And in gratitude for many kindnesses during the Great War
I dedicate this little book,
Which, published under the auspices of
The Navy League of Canada
and approved by the Provincial Departments of Education,
Is written for the reading of
Canadian Boys and Girls_
PREFACE
BY
Admiral-of-the-Fleet Sir David Beatty, G.
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