"We have met the enemy and they are ours." The Battle of Lake Erie - 10 September 1813 "From the first volley at one another, modern naval history must date its birth." "We fought her until she would no longer swim - then we gave her to the waves." USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama - 19 June … "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." Battle of mobile Bay - 5 August 1864 "Victory was the consummation of thorough preparations." Battle of Santiago de Cuba - 3 July 1898 Types of the British Navy, past and present: a man-o'-war of 1793 Britain's Pride "The birth of a titan" Infanterie im Angriff "Into the valley of death": the 17th Lancers in the charge of the light brigade at Balaclava Aux grandes manœuvres - Le Bouquet au Régiment. (tableau inédit). "The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll, o! it's 'thin red line of 'eroes' when the drums begin to roll" …