British and other allied ships were unable to inflict damage on the coast defenses of Germany, but the latter in two successful raids had been able to bombard British coast towns, offsetting in a way the loss of over-sea dominions.

[Illustration:  SEA FIGHTS AND THE CRUISES OF GERMAN RAIDERS

THE EMDEN AND THE SYDNEY.  FALKLAND AND NORTH SEA BATTLES.  SEARCHLIGHTS.  SUBMARINES.  WRECKS.  SHIPPING ARTILLERY

Among the modern inventions which insure a battleship’s efficiency is the searchlight, which must sweep not only the sea but the sky to find the enemy]

[Illustration:  The German steamer “Walkuere” sunk in the harbor of Papeete, Tahiti, when the German cruisers “Scharnhorst” and “Gneisenau” shelled the town]

[Illustration:  The Australian cruiser “Sydney” which caught and destroyed the raider “Emden” near the Cocos Islands]

[Illustration:  The famous German raider “Emden” beached on one of the Cocos Islands after being wrecked by the “Sydney’s” shells]

[Illustration:  Rescuing drowning sailors after the naval battle near the Falkland islands, in which the “Scharnhorst,” “Gneisenau,” “Nurnberg” and “Leipzig” were sunk]

[Illustration:  Canadian soldiers shipping a rapid-fire gun, on embarking at Montreal for England, to take their part in the Great War]

[Illustration:  The interior of a submarine, showing torpedo tubes and batteries.  The flooring which covers the batteries has been removed]

[Illustration:  The German cruiser “Bluecher” turning on her side as she sank in the North Sea battle of January 24, 1915.  The other vessels of the German squadron escaped]

Great Britain, after six months of naval warfare had lost three battleships, the Bulwark, Formidable, and Audacious;[*] the five armored cruisers Aboukir, Cressy, Hogue, Monmouth, and Good Hope; the second-class cruisers Hawke and Hermes; the two third-class cruisers Amphion and Pegasus; the protected scout Pathfinder and the converted liner Oceanic; losses in destroyers and other small vessels were negligible.

[Footnote *:  The British admiralty did not clear up the mystery of her disaster.]

Germany had lost no first-class battleships, but in third-class cruisers her loss was great, those that went down being the eleven ships Ariadne, Augsburg, Emden, Graudenz, Hela, Koeln, Koenigsberg, Leipzig, Nuernberg, Magdeburg, Mainz, and the Dresden; she lost, also, the four armored cruisers Bluecher, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Yorck; the old cruiser Geier (interned); the three converted liners Spreewald, Cap Trafalgar, and Kaiser Wilhelm; and the mine layer Koenigin Luise.

The German policy of attrition had not taken off as many ships as had been lost by Germany herself, and, as England’s ships so far outnumbered her own, it may well be said that the “whittling” policy was not successful.  She made up for this by having still at large the cruiser Karlsruhe which damaged a great amount of commerce, and by the exploits of her submarines, far outshining those of the Allies.