Chapter IX 



THE BATTLE BETWEEN SEA 

 AND LAND 



Wherever the land and sea meet there is a 

 constant battle for supremacy. This battle has 

 been going on since the world began, and 

 through the countless ages, first the one and 

 then the other has won in the everlasting war- 

 fare. 



In a way this battle between sea and land 

 has resembled a battle bet\veen human armies. 

 There have been advances and retreats; the 

 earth has sometimes been upon the defensive, 

 at other times it has turned and taken the of- 

 fensive; there have been flank movements, 

 counter-attacks, turning movements and time 

 and again both the land and the sea have cut 

 off the other's line of retreat and have cap- 

 tured vast amounts of the enemy's forces. 



Moreover, both the sea and the land have 

 their allies who fight and work with them. 



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