in April, 1917,
  end of December, 1917,
  end of November, 1918,
Admiralty Controller, appointment of an,
Admiralty Organization for Production, growth of the,
Adriatic, the, Austrian destroyers in,
  R.N.A.S. assists military forces of Allies in,
Aegean Sea, the, British destroyers in,
Aeroplane, the Handley-Page type of,
Aeroplane stations,
Air Ministry, the, establishment of,
Air power as complement to sea power,
Aircraft, bombing attacks by,
  for anti-submarine work,
  the eyes of a fleet,
Airship stations,
Airships as protection for convoys,
Allied Naval Council, formation of,
America enters the war,
  (see also United States)
American battleships and destroyers in British waters,
Anderson, Sir A.G.,
Anti-flash arrangements, improvements of,
Anti-submarine convoy escorting force, the, strengthened,
Anti-submarine devices,
Anti-submarine Division of Naval Staff, Directors of,
  formation of,
Anti-submarine instructional schools,
Anti-submarine operations,
Anti-submarine protection for ports of assembly,
Approach areas, and how protected,
Arabian coast cleared of Turkish forces,
Armament production,
Armed merchant ships,
Armour-piercing shell, an improved,
Armstrong, Commander Sir George,
Atlantic convoys, losses in,
  organization of system of,
Audacious, loss of,
Auxiliary patrols, deficiency in deliveries of,
  in home waters and in Mediterranean zones,

Bacon, Sir Reginald,
  a daring scheme of, abandoned,
  author’s tribute to,
  his book on the “Dover Patrol,”
  his proposal for Folkestone-Cape Grisnez minefield,
  organizes coastal bombardments,
  witnesses bombardment of Ostend,
Baker, Rear-Admiral Clinton,
Balfour, Rt.  Hon. A.J., a mission to the United States,
  offers author post of First Sea Lord,
Baltic, the, a difficult situation in,
Barrage, Folkestone-Cape Grisnez,
  four forms of,
  off Belgian coast,
  the Dover,
  the North Sea,
  the Otranio,
Bayly, Admiral Sir Lewis, in command at Queenstown,
Belgian coast, barrage off,
  mining the,
Bell, Sir Thomas,
Benson, Admiral, and author,
  visits England,
Bergen, Capt.  Halsey’s appointment to,
Bethlehem Steel Company, the,
Bird, Captain F., of the Dover patrol,
Blackwood, Commander M.,
Blockade of German ports, difficulties of,
Board of Invention and Research, the (B.I.R.),
Bomb-throwers and howitzers,
Bonner, Lieutenant Charles G., awarded the V.C.,
Boxer campaign in China, the,
Breslau, loss of,
British and German production of submarines, etc., compared,
British Empire, the, importance of security of sea communications of,
British merchant steamships, losses from submarines,
  losses of unescorted,
  submarine sinks enemy destroyer,
Brock, Admiral Sir Frederick, and the disaster to