[nickcarraway]

[W.]

Great read, thanks!

[vooch]

why do the English make out that their defeats are so glorious ?

is it some bizarre homo idea ?

[mindburglar]

Thanks for this.

[PAR35]

The forces seem a bit more evenly matched than the story makes out.

British:

2 light cruisers
10 destroyers
47 drifters

Austro/German:

1 armored cruiser
3 light cruisers
4 destroyers
3 submarines

The “by three heavily-armed light cruisers” also seems a bit of a stretch. The Novara, Helgoland, and Saida had 3.9 inch guns, the trawlers had a 2.2 inch gun (although the support force easily outgunned the Austrian force.)