England's Distress: Postcard map of England and Ireland with the restricted zone Germany proclaimed around the islands, showing the ships destroyed by submarine in the 12 months beginning February 1, 1917.
Englands Not12 Monate uneingeschränktenU-Bootskrieges auf dem nördlichen See kriegsschauplatzAlle durch Minen und vor dem 1. Februar 1917 vernichteten Schiffe sind in dieser Karte nicht enthalten.SperrgebietsgrenzenBedeutet ein durch die Tätigkeit unserer U-Boote versenktes Schiffe ohne Berücksichtigung seine GrosseDie Eintragungen der Schiffe entsprechen dem Versunkungsort.England's distressUnqualified 12 monthsSubmarine warfare in the North Sea theaterAll ships destroyed by mines of before February 1, 1917 are not included in this map.restricted zone boundaries[Sunken ship symbol] indicates a ship sunk by the actions of our submarines without taking into account the size of the vessel. The records correspond to the ships' place of operations.Reverse:Auf Anregung Sr. Majestät des Kaisersi. Auftr. des Admiralstabes d. Rais. Marine zu Gunsten der Sinterbliebenen der Besatzungen von U-Booten, Minensuch- und Vorpostenbooten herausgegeben vom Verein für das Deutschtum im AuslandFaber'sche Buchdruckerei, Magdeburg.At the suggestion of His Majesty the Emperorhis commission of Naval Staff Rais d. Navy issued in favor of the sintering relatives of the crews of submarines, minesweepers and outpost boats by the Association for Germans abroadFaber'sche book printing, Magdeburg.
"Friday 17 March, St Patrick's Day, seemed appropriate for the German Admiral Staff to run through the expedition to Ireland.Haughwitz explained that a steamer of 1,400 tons would depart on 8 April and arrive in Tralee Bay between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. A pilot boat would guide it in.. . .Still hoping for a U-boat, Casement wrote in his diary:'St. Patrick's Day. In three weeks from today I shall probably be at sea in the most ill-planned enterprise that the history of Irish Revolutionary efforts offers.'. . . Tension was high in Dublin city centre on St. Patrick's Day.The Irish Volunteers and the Citizen Army paraded with rifles and fixed bayonets. Some of them had six-foot long pikes which they stacked outside church during Mass."
Sir Roger Casement, an Irish Patriot who had been knighted for his exposure of the atrocities committed by the government in the Belgian Congo, had been struggling to raise an Irish Regiment to fight for Irish independence from the Irish prisoners of war in Germany. He had few takers. Police reported 4,555 had marched in Dublin, of whom 1,817 were armed, half with rifles, the rest with shotguns. The Irish Citizen Army was organized by James Connolly after the failed Dublin strike of 1913 to protect trade union members. The Irish Volunteers were founded the same year in response to the formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a well-armed Unionist army with strong support from the military. German plans called for a steamer to deliver to Ireland 20,000 captured Russian rifles, a million rounds of ammunition, and 400 kilograms of explosives.
Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916 by Peter de Rosa, pp. 111, 112, copyright © 1990 by Peter de Rosa, publisher: Ballantine Books, publication date: 1992
1916-03-17, 1916, March, St. Patrick's Day, March 17, Dublin, Casement, Sir Roger Casement, Roger Casement, Ireland, Easter Rebellion
