As a German naval officer, serving for some three years in the United States, I am familiar with naval issues in general, but these articles increased my knowledge of the emerging navy in your country.
我是一名德國軍官，在美國服役約有三年之久，對於一般有關海軍的種種課題，我還算熟悉，這些文章多少使我對貴國的海軍有些認識。