It is odd, after passing an hour or two in putting this and that together out of so incomplete a narrative, to find recorded in full, a few days later, the following notable incident: At 2.30 P.M. flagship made signal: 'If you want fresh beef, send boat.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
Its fighting force consisted of the Brooklyn, armored cruiser, flagship; the Massachusetts, first-class, and the Texas, second-class, battleships.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
Leaving the division, therefore, in charge of the senior officer, Captain Evans, of the Iowa, he pushed forward with the flagship New York, the fastest of the armored vessels.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan