ABSTRACT
It is a curious fact that up to the end of the year 1915, the Navy, which was our main hope and standby for winning the war, was not in any way a preoccupation to the Supreme Command and occupied but little of its energies. In comparison with the enemy our main fleet was so powerful, and its normal role was so sedentary, that it did not come much into the limelight. On April 25th, the Germans gave the first sign of a change in policy. After an interval of fifteen months the plan of 'tip and run raids' was resumed with a cruiser raid on Lowestoft and Yarmouth. On May 31st, had been a relatively quiet day, occupied, so far as the author was concerned, in adjusting some minor differences over the conclusions of the previous day's meeting of the War Committee.
