App.
Objectives, difficulty of locating,
42,
56,
71
Objects, secondary,
77
Offensive measures,
16,
17,
43,
262
Officers, choice of,
106,
107
Orders—
art of writing,
66,
67 the drafting of the,
66,
67,
140,
156,
166
Osborne, Commander E. O. B. S., R.N.,
178
Ostende—
attack on, in 1798,
54,
55,
56 description of,
9,
10,
11,
12 difficulty of locating entrance,
42,
71 reason for blocking,
42 reason for omitting story,
41,
42
Outhwaite, Sub-Lieut. C., R.N.V.R.,
219
Patrol craft, German,
40,
96
Peace,
266
Period available for attack,
134Personnel, remarks on behaviour,
263,
264 selection of,
102 ff.
training of,
112,
125,
126
Phoebe, H.M.S.,
220-224;
App.
Photography,
129,
130,
246
Plan—
credit for,
17,
18,
19 how built up,
262 inception,
17,
18,
67 history of,
17,
18,
67,
68 modifications of,
65 previous suggestions,
17,
70 various stages of,
64 ff.,
72,
76
Plans department,
17,
67
Poison gas,
60
Port Arthur, attempts to block,
54,
56,
58
Postponement, first,
148 second,
154
Power, Rear Admiral L. E., R.N.,
100
Preparations—
preliminary,
125 ff. final,
145,
167,
168
Preservation of life,
87
Prince Eugene, H.M.S.;
App.
Printing the orders,
140
Puerto Cabello, attack on, in 1799,
54
Pyrotechnic Brigade,
194
Rain, effect of,
171,
172,
173
Rescue of men from Mole,
218
Rescue work,
87,
88,
89,
132,
229 ff.,
244-249 vessels,
84
Results—
material,
249-253 moral,
255-260
Retirement,
132,
252-260
Rigby, Lieut. Charles N. B., R.M.A.,
191,
192
Robinson, Lieut. J. W., R.N.V.R.,
224
Robinson, Lieut. O., R.N.V.R.,
224
Rocket apparatus,
194
Rodman, Rear Admiral Hugh, U.S.N.,
107,
108
Rosoman, Lieut.-Comdr. R. R., R.N.,
176,
184,
188,
238,
239,
242,
259
Roux, French destroyer;
App.
Royal Air Force—
61st Wing,
85,
130 65th Wing,
85,
146
Royal Naval Reserve,
130,
263
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
130,
263
Rufigi River, attempt to block,
54
St. George for England,
169
Salvage—
effect of silt on,
23,
24,
25,
28,
51 German attempts,
251 importance of,
44,
45 previous experience,
25 remarks on,
25,
26,
44 ff.,
251,
252
Sandford, Lieut-Comdr. F. H., R.N.,
213,
214
Sandford, Lieut. R. D., R.N.,
210,
211,
213
Santiago, attempt to block in 1898,
54,
56,
58
Scott, H.M.S.;
App.
Seamanship, importance of,
41,
57,
58
Seaplane base, German,
12
Secrecy,
100,
111,
120,
121,
155
Secret, divulging the,
108,
119,
120
Shoals,
7,
41
Siege guns,
84
Signalling difficulties,
137,
138
Silt, description,
23,
24 effect of,
24,
28,
51
Sirius, H.M.S.,
70,
143,
246;
App.
Smith, Petty Officer, R.N.,
209
Smoke, artificial—
limitations of,
59,
60,
99 use of,
59,
60,
83,
99,
100,
175,
176,
208,
216,
217,
218,
246
Smoke-screen vessels,
83,
175
Sneyd, Commander R. S., R.N.,
226,
228,
229,
235
Souvenir hunters,
248
Staff, operational duties,
66,
67,
139
Star shell,
38,
175
Stonewall Jackson's maxim,
60,
61
Stork, H.M.S.;
App.
Storming the Mole,
186,
187,
188,
200-204,
213
Submarines—
attack on viaduct,
82,
100 defensive use,
40 German,
4,
40 shelters,
10,
11
Submarines—
C1,
210,
211,
214;
App. C3,
210-211,
213,
215,
224;
App.
Success, chances of,
54,
62
Supporting squadrons,
146
Surprise,
59,
60,
61,
262
Surveys,
7,
91
Swift, H.M.S.;
App.
Swin Deep,
118,
153
Synchronisation of events,
137,
138,
170
Teazer, H.M.S.;
App.
Tempest, H.M.S.;
App.
Teneriffe, Nelson's attack on—in 1797,
54,
55
Termagant, H.M.S.;
App.
Terror, H.M.S.,
174;
App.
Tetrarch, H.M.S.;
App.
Thetis, H.M.S.,
70,
143,
171,
226 ff.,
233;
App.
Tidal stream—
description,
7,
24,
30,
74 effect,
24,
92,
174,
183
Tide, rise and fall,
8,
48,
49
Tigris River, blocking of,
58
Time factor,
137-139
Time table,
138,
156
Tomkinson, Captain Wilfred, R.N.,
220
Towing—
necessity for,
142 of
Iris and
Daffodil,
142,
143,
173
Trench raid, analogy,
112,
113,
265
Trident, H.M.S.,
224,
245;
App.
Truculent, H.M.S.;
App.
Ulleswater, H.M.S.;
App.
United States—
battle squadron,
107 personnel,
107,
108
Velox, H.M.S.,
224;
App.
Viaduct—
attack on,
194,
195,
210-215 description,
23,
25,
82,
83
Vindictive, H.M.S.—
anchoring,
184 attack on Ostende,
247 choice of,
76,
126 command of,
114 damage,
181,
182,
198,
238,
239,
241,
255,
256 fitting out of,
77-79,
100,
110 position at Mole,
128,
129,
202,
203 proceedings of,
143,
148,
150,
170,
173,
176,
179 ff.,
200 ff. retirement of,
230 ff.
Visibility,
136,
165
Volunteering—
for danger,
89,
122-125,
189,
202 how arranged,
104,
105,
122,
123
Von Capelle, Admiral,
158
Walcheren expedition,
156
Walker, Lieut. H. T. C., R.N.,
190
Warwick, H.M.S.,
144,
168,
173,
220,
221,
222,
233,
243;
App.
Weather, vagaries of,
41,
93,
246
Weller, Major B. G., R.M.L.I.,
202
Welman, Lieut. A. P., R.N.,
217
Wemyss, Admiral Sir Rosslyn, R.N.,
157
Whirlwind, H.M.S.,
224,
230;
App.
Wind, importance of direction,
60,
131,
176
Wounded, behaviour of,
196,
197
Youlton, Petty Officer, E. G., R.N.,
238,
242
Young, Lieut.-Comdr., R.N.V.R.,
225
Yser Canal,
7
Zeebrugge,
7,
8,
9,
11 batteries,
28,
29,
31,
33 craft based at,
11,
32 German belief in security at,
33,
34 German constructions at,
26,
28,
29 canal,
10,
22 canal lock,
22,
29,
43,
44,
49 navigable channel,
28,
49 obstruction and boom,
32,
33,
41,
227 tidal harbour,
22 village,
22
Zeebrugge Mole, description,
22,
23,
24,
26,
27 approach to,
27-30 attack on:
see Storming the Mole
buildings on,
26,
28,
29,
32,
183 currents alongside,
30 garrison,
32,
81,
82 lighthouse extension,
27 outer wall,
26-28,
73,
74,
76 peace use,
22 seaplane base,
29,
32 souvenir,
244,
245 viaduct,
23,
25 Vindictive's position,
128,
129,
202,
203 war use,
29,
30
Zero time, meaning and object,
170,
173
Zone of fire, German batteries,
30
Zubian, H.M.S.;
App.