Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-09
ssJELLICOE REPORTS
ON JUTLAND BATTLE.
- ~ "a. 80 y W.
n Read Admiral in Command Of
British Fleet Gives Version
of the Big Sea Fight.
DARKNESS HALTS ACTION

NodSt OF DENMARK
In these words Vice Admiral Sir
John r. Jellicoe, commander-in chief
OF the home fleets, opens his report
to the admiralty on the battle over
which there has been so much dis
{ cussion, Continuing, Admiral Jelli-
tcoe says in part;
The ships Of the grand fleet, in
pursuance Of the general policy OF
periodical sweeps through the North
Sea, had left its base on the previous
day. In the early afternoon of We'd
nesday, 3lst Of May, the first and
second battle cruiser squadrons and
from the first, ninth,
tenth and thirteenth flotillas, sup
/ ported by the fifth battle squadron
were, in accordance with my direc-
tons, scouting to the southwark OF
~Sthe battle fleet, which was accom-
panied by the third battle fleet,
which was accompanied by the third
battle cruiser squadron, the first and
second cruiser squadrons, the fourth
light cruiser "squadrons and the
fourth, eleventh and twelfth flotillas
Junction Delayed.
1.-THE, junction of the battle fleet
with the scouting force after the
enemy had been sighted was delayed
owing to.,the4 southerly course steer
ed by our advanced force during the
first hour after commencing their &C
ton with the enemy battle cruisers
This, of course, was. unavoidable, as
had Our battle cruisers not followed
the enemy to the southwark, the
main fleets would never have beer
in contact. The battle cruisers fleet
CALAMITY led by Vice Admiral Beatty
and admirably supported by the
ships of the fifth battle squadron
under Rear Admiral Evan-Thomas
4 fought the action under, at times
: disadvantageous conditions, especial
ly in regard to light, in manner
that was in keeping with the bes
traditions of the service"
Without maps and charts many O
+ the details of the report cannot b.
made clear. 1t states that "the lis
of ships and commanding Officers
which took part in the action ha'
been withheld from publication fol
the present in accordance with thu
usual practice" which also detraet'
from the interest of the document.
Estimates Of Foe Losses.
Admiral Jellicoe estimates the Ger
man losses at two battleships of thu
dreadnought type, one of thu
Deutschland type, which was seen t
sink, the battle cruiser. Lutszow, ad
mitted by the Germans, one BATH
cruiser OF the dreadnought type, on
battle cruiser, seen to be so severed.
damaged that its return was extreme
ly doubtful; five light cruisers seel
to sink--one Of them possibly bat
tleship-six destroyers, seen to sink
three destroyers so damaged that
was doubtful if they would be able t
reach port, and a submarine sunk.
In concluding Admiral Jellico
1.-THE conditions of low visibilit.
under which the day action took plac
and the approach of darkness en-
HANGED the difficulty of giving an &C
curate report of the damage inflicte'
or the name of the ships sunk b.
our forces. But after a most careful
examination Of the evidence Of al
the officers who testified to SEEM
1 enemy vessels actually sink and per
interviews with large mum
beS of these officers, l am of tn
opinion that the list shown in tn
I enclosure gives the minimum mum
bers, though it is possible it is nc
accurate as regards the particula
y class, Of vessel, especially thos
which were sunk during the nigh
attack.
Serious Loss to Navy.
II deeply regret to report the los
of his najestys ships, Queen Mar!
Indefatigable, Invincible, Defens'
Black Prince, Warrior, Tipperar!
Ardent, Fortune, Shark, Sparrow
Hawk, Nestor, Nomad and Turbulen
Still more do | regret the resultar
heavy loss of life. The death of sue
gallant and distinguished officers a
Arbuthot, Hood, Captain Howerb,
Captain Prowse, Captain Bonhan
Captain Charles J. Winterour an
, Captain Stanley B. Ellis, and thos
who persisted with them, is a seriot
:" loss to the navy and to the countr.
They led officers and men who wei
equally gallant and whose death
incurred by their comrades in II
grand fleet. They fell during the
duty nobly, a death which the
would have been first to desire.
THE enemy fought with the ga
lantry that was expected of him. "
particularly admired the conduct I
those on board a disabled Germa
light cruiser which passed down II
,~-8ritish line shortly after deploymel
under a, heavy fire, which was r
turned BY the only gun left in a
ton. The conduct Of the officers ar
men was entirely beyond praise"
The Hardest Fighting.
The hardest fighting fell to the ba
tie cruiser fleet, says Admiral Jel
coe, and continues:
Vice Admiral Sir David Beat
once again showed his fine qualiti
of gallant leadership | can fully syr
pathize with his feelings when Il
y eevning mist and fading light robb,
\ the feet of that complete victory f
which he had Unanswered, for viii,
the vessels in company with him h;
striven so hard. The services re
dered by him, not only on this. b
on two previous occasions had be,
of the very greatest value"
Extracts from Vice Admiral Bes
tvs reports give the course before t
battle feet came on the scene of a
ton. At2:20 o'clock in the afterno'
the Calatia reported the presence
enemy vessels. At 2:35 o'clock co
siderable smoke was sighted to t
eastward. This made it clear tn