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The Battle of the Falkland Islands: Before and After

By Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper

2019-04-05 20:26:16

We are now approaching the end of the third year of this great war,[1] and most Englishmen, having had some of the experience that war inevitably brings with it, will agree that the words which Nelson spoke are as true to-day as when they were uttere ... Read more
We are now approaching the end of the third year of this great war,[1] and most Englishmen, having had some of the experience that war inevitably brings with it, will agree that the words which Nelson spoke are as true to-day as when they were uttered just over a century ago. Furthermore, as time and the war go on, the spirit of the whole British nation—be it man or woman—is put to an ever-increasing test of endurance, which is sustained and upheld by those two simple words, "England's Honour." An old platitude, "Might is Right," is constantly being quoted; but the nation that reverses the order is bound to outlast the other and win through to the desired goal. The justness of the cause, then, is the secret of our strength, which [4]will not only endure but bring success to our arms in the en Less

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File size896.399 KB
Print pages248
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1248528143
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Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
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Captain (retired) Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper, born Henry Edmund Harvey, M.V.O., Royal Navy (18 January, 1884 – 18 July, 1968) was an officer in the Royal Navy. Harvey changed his name by ...

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