:" A superintendent of a road fifty miles in length can give its business his professional attention and may be constantly on the line engaged in the direction of its details; each person is personally known to him, and all questions in relation to its business are at once presented and acted upon; and any system however imperfect may under such circumstances prove comparatively successful.
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Shortly before 01 : 00, the German line engaged a flotilla of British destroyers . " Posen " spotted the destroyers,, and at very close range; she opened fire on the first two ships at ranges between, seriously damaging " Porpoise " . " Fortune " quickly sank under fire from " Posen " and several other battleships, but not before firing two torpedoes which " Posen " had to evade.
