Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-16
Jut1and Bank or
Skag9erok Battle.
Sir John Jellico's Repor, on the Most Momentous Bat
tie Since Trafalgar.
From Tn. Len don Spectator.

and engaged them. After 70 minutes tho
British Fifth Battle squadron arrived e
both sides were mingled In q furious com
bat. Only five minutes later the approach
of the German battle fleet from the south.
east WAS signalled. So far Admiral Beatty
had been stea ming OH a parallel course -
the German battle cruisers towards, the
southeast. and was therefore approaching
from Sir John Jellicoe. 1t may he asked
why he did not. after engaging the Ger
man battle cruisers. direct his course 20.
ward Admiral Jelllcoe. and try to draw
the enemy battle cruisers after him The
answer Ia. of course. that he ssume4
with absolutely good reason we are sure:
refuse to be drawn. Their purpos: va
tn tight an action which they couio oIen.
off when they pleased. Admiral bsatty9
purpose was to hold them IN a nEnt iroH
which they could not possibly discntanEis
themselves before the arrival OF the hri!.
ish main battle Meet. In order to DO ny
he took n risk which had been nicely cai1
culated. and which In the event enaoi:s
Sir John Jellicoe to come into action VIZ
every prospect. so far as strategy couia
insure y, OF sinking the whole German
and the enemy's smoke screens prevented
that sensational result from baine
achieved. But Admiral Beatty tactic ~:
German and British main fleets togethea
exactly ~ Sir John Jellicoe had planned
After the sighting of the German battl1
fleet. Admiral Beatty turned north, ene
the. German battle Meet came on to helI
their deeply committed battle cruisers. q
had been foreseen. The main fleets OF
Britain and Germany were now approach
ing ships of Sir John Jellicoe's feet were
sighted. BY this time Dir David Beatty.
three knots. had placed himself across the
German van and compelled the GERMAN
ships to conform TO his movements. F1rss
he forced them to turn south and west.
This Enabled the British main fleet "a
place itself to tho eastward Of the enemy
that is to say. between the and
necessary for this situation 70 be devel:
oped. and for the Germans to be held Off
from their be bases tn \. they were :%ns; Ba u
extricate themselves In the conditions al
ready Described. Sir John Jellicoe. willing
to take all risks which promised . reason
mine fields. All he could DO. while he
waited for DAYLIGHT, was to release his
home.
the dispatch 10 that the British navy ID
more than a match for the German navy
torpedo work. and in the engineer depart
ments. The loss of our three battle cruis-
era In quick succession through lucky
VI - Iau BLVD 10 y Suh0IVESuuO LOi ~
that would be unlikely to occur again in
the same way under the same conditions
! Again. the loss of the gallant Sir Robert
Arbuthnot's cruisers need not have hap
pened II ne had been aware Of the posi-
ton of the German battleshlps. He Waa
a victim of the mist. Without these losses,
more or less through ill-fortune, our lossel
in ships would have been almost trilfng.
The German gunnery. good at FIRST, did
not In fact stand the strain. and towards
the end of the battle our ships enjoyed .
comparative immunity from hits. Our de-
strOyer work WAS marvellous. whereas the
later attacks by the German destroyer
were not pressed. They seemed to be half
hearted compared with our own. The Ger
mans must also have been disappointed
with their submarines. Only the MARI
borough was hit. and she was able to con.
tinue the night in great style. As for the
officers and men OF the engine rooms. they
deserve very special praise. The ships e1-
ceeded their trial speeds. After all thA
stress and ravages OF war. that was al
astonishing performance. Finally, the alb
solute losses OF the enemy were almost
certainly greater than ours, though the
truth may not be known for a long time.
Sir John Jellicoe claims six capital ship,
dncluding two which were not seen te
sink. but probably could not have reached
port). five light cruisers. and min destroy
ers dncluding three which were not seen
I to sink. but probably could not have
> ! reached port, and one submarine.