Which inference can a reader make based on the information in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from The Dark Game,
Cable messages from Europe to the United States traveled
through transatlantic cables that passed deep in the English
Channel. The British saw the cables as an opportunity to
gain access to secret diplomatic messages sent from Berlin
to its ambassador in Washington, D. C. Knowing they
couldn't tap the cables the way they could tap phone lines,
the British did the next best thing. The cable ship Telconia
cut all five of the cables that carried communications through
the channel. To make sure that the sabotage had a lasting
effect, the Telconia rolled up a few of the cable ends on her
drums and carried them to England. This act of sabotage
was Great Britain's first offensive act of the war.
The Germans often sent important messages concerning
their war efforts to their ambassador in Washington, D. C.
Although the British cut the underwater cables, the
Germans planned to lay new ones as quickly as possible.
Without the underwater cables, the Germans had no way
of communicating with their ambassadors.
The German ambassador in Washington, D. C. was
unaware that the cables had been cut by the British.