"The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy."

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomAmbassadorsGovernment ministersSecretaries of State for Foreign Affairs of Great Britain and the United KingdomBritish Ambassadors to the United States
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Quoted by Admiral 'Jacky' Fisher in Memories p.18 (1919)

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Quoted by Admiral 'Jacky' Fisher in Memories p.18 (1919)