LORD FISHER




BARON FISHER, ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET (JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER)

Born, 1841; entered Navy, 1854; took part in 1860 in the Capture of
Canton and the Peiho Forts; Crimean War, 1855; China War, 1859-60;
Egyptian War and Bombardment of Alexandria, 1882; Lord of the
Admiralty, 1892-97; Commander-in-Chief, North American Station,
1897-99; Mediterranean Station, 1899-02; Commander-in-Chief,
1903-1904; 1st Sea Lord, 1904-10; 1914-15; died, 1920.

[Illustration: BARON FISHER]




CHAPTER III

LORD FISHER

_"Look for a tough wedge for a tough log."_

PUBLIUS SYRUS.