Sea Fights of the (treat War. By W. L. Wyllie
and M. F. Wren (Cassell 12s. 61. net.)—This attractive book, well illustrated in colour and in black-and-white by Mr. Wylie and Mr. Bevan, contains descriptions of the naval incidents during the first nine months of the war. Much of the detail is new to us, especially in regard to the operations in Eastern waters and the fight off Coronet. It appears, for instance, that in the winter of 1914-15 H.M.S. 'Doris' Worried the Turks on the Syrian coast by repeated bombardments and landing-parties. The Governor of Alexandretta was on helpless that he surrendered locomotives and munitions under threat of bombardment, and asked for the services of a naval Lieutenant to blow up the engines, as his own staff did not know how to do so. The coloured plates are especially interesting.
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