sentences:  Coincidentally, the French Navy, then at the height of the dominance of the (Young School), came to the same conclusions with respect to their competition with the British Royal Navy.Indeed, the 1870s and 1880s marked a period of tactical and strategic confusion in naval thinking in the world's major navies for the same reasons that Caprivi had highlighted in his memorandum.Despite the memorandum submitted to the that eschewed capital ship construction, Caprivi secretly discussed new ironclads at length with senior naval officers.