The writer uses military images...
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The writer uses military images to describe the need for a Christian to be prepared for the enemy's assaults. Forewarned is forearmed. Someone should have forewarned the British fleet at the battle of Jutland, a sea contest fought in the North Atlantic in 1916. The British, used to winning sea battles, had prepared their warships with heavy side armor, but no real protection for the decks. The centuries-old, time-honored method of conflict at sea had been to fire into the sides of the enemy's fleet and try to sink it. The Germans, however, had developed a new generation of firepower, capable of lofting explosives, rather than propelling them sideways. Consequently, the bombs came in from above, landing on the decks of the British ships, and quickly sinking the Lion, the Indefatigable, and the Queen Mary. The British eventually fought the Germans to a standoff, but David Beatty, the British admiral, was left to mutter, "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today."
-- Sherer
-- Sherer
