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Sailor Steve · 08-05-14, 03:09 PM

The Goeben affair, Part 2

Admiral Milne's orders had not changed. Assuming Souchon would either attack the French convoys or attempt to reach the Atlantic, Milne sent his battlecruisers to the middle of the Meditteranean, halfway between Sicily and Tunisia. On the afternoon of 5 August he was ordered to cover the Adriatic Sea, to "prevent the Austrians leaving or the Germans entering". For this purpose he dispatched Troubridge with his four armoured cruisers.

Just before dark on 5 August Goeben and Breslau left Messina, heading south. Milne, with Indefatigable and Inflexible, was north of Sicily when he heard of Souchon's departure, so he headed west to cover Gibraltar while his enemy was heading south and east. Indomitable, meanwhile, was coaling at Bizerta.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The Goeben affair, Part 2 Admiral Milne's orders had not changed. Assuming Souchon would either attack the French convoys or attempt to reach the Atlantic, Milne sent his battlecruisers to the middle of the Meditteranean, halfway between Sicily and Tunisia. On the afternoon of 5 August he was ordered to cover the Adriatic Sea, to "prevent the Austrians leaving or the Germans entering". For this purpose he dispatched Troubridge with his four armoured cruisers. Just before dark on 5 August Goeben and Breslau left Messina, heading south. Milne, with Indefatigable and Inflexible, was north of Sicily when he heard of Souchon's departure, so he headed west to cover Gibraltar while his enemy was heading south and east. Indomitable, meanwhile, was coaling at Bizerta. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 08-06-14 at 08:59 AM.