"The best protection against an enemy's fire," said farragut, "is a well-directed fire from our own guns."
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
Surprise approaching disdain was expressed, both before and after the destruction of Cervera's squadron, that the battle fleet was not sent into Santiago either to grapple the enemy's ships there, or to support the operations of the army, in the same way, for instance, that farragut crossed the torpedo lines at Mobile.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
The revulsion from the monitor, the turreted ship pure and simple, to the broadside battery analogous to that carried by the old ships of farragut and Nelson, is one of the most singular and interesting changes in men's thoughts that the writer has met, either in his experience or in his professional reading.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
