The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-03
FIGHT AS
viewed BY DEWEY
yuUe1flcs General Boards Advice
1T Dreadnaughts Are Yet
Measure OF Sea Power.
or OF GREAT CONFLICT
Gnee and Take Lighter Ships of
n1tAs Cruiser Type Almost Ger
- 20 Be Sunk by Drcadnaug hts

10 Re Sunk by DrcadnauZ hts
~ the recent sea battle between
British and German fleets mas
0on Z gioriffcation of the dTeau-
g1at and that II has 1ustlnea lHe
~4nm advised by paVal experts OF
S United States for the last twenty
Ktn. a the assertion made hv George
10y, admiral OF the navy and presl-
~ of the General Board. He as
- this in an article upon Lessons
Nka xerrack, which will appear in
6a power" the official publication
r 7 the Navy League. and which Will
- or the press tomorrow The ar
HGele follows; 1880
The most titanic clash OF sea rorces
~ the history OF the world took place
3S2 the mouth OF the SkagerTack. on
s1fSv n. between the German ana
k1fiah fleets From q naval stand
z&61nt, this 10 the I1oet interesting event
he pressnt generation. Its i'm
II. ~. g not SO much due to the
sE1Nult1 one way or another IN ad-
nntnxe to the contestants as in the
ons II teanhe s with relation to the
nalafications in actual contact OF
Nee elements that go TO make up
Ae modem fleet
H1SEs xA IIe DALlIt Ul EphAA 81 S@~~h = NeAe
nored drcadnAughts came TO grips
a2P thc frs. time In the history of the
sSprad. In that fight the battle
suiser played It's part for the first
S3xne in q pitched engagement Light
sx0ru1ners were in the midst OF tho
ehting and battled and died Those
Il 0redevtls OF the sea- the destroyers.
l]f6r tho first time IN history closed IN
son first class ships in broad day light
- drive home their torpedoes and
ako their one chance in a hundred Of
sNnxv3vtng.
IS n fact, 4 modern firs-claAs fleet
Nth its various units went to grips
W1fh an enemy of It's kind and tested
NJ qualifications All these flghting
4nachiues Of the sea have heretofore
\ been creations OF theoretical but
somewhat untried efficiency. The
day OF their test WAS May 81. The
nhowtngs OF that day will have much
J ~ do with the fleets OF the future
I 6utlt BY all the nations Of the world
Ju1t what happened at Hkaserrack
4 ~ not yet clear and conclusions drawn
1xOm the fight are made from incom-
Z r861e evidence and may eax.iy be
/ Npook But two weeks after the
{ init Il would seem that something
M khs following happened
Fought At Short Range
~ NE German feet was feeling its
49, 70 sea, looking for an opportunity
u u strike q blow with conditions 70
80 adyantAee. The British fleet was
GDoond ont over three hundred rniles
e NE North Sea- The day WAS haxy
and q ship could not be made out
more than nix miles
ss This necessaIil lily short range wns u
ne liking OF the GermanS- Theii
x1oet was concentrated, They de-
tarmtned to give battle.
Destroyers and trawiers make VI
the advance line that the Britist
draw across the NeTth Sea- Back o
I these are the fast cruisers. stiI
further back ana subject TO call ar,
+ the battleshtp sQua6rons,
The advance line reported the
presence Of ths German fleet. The
8rft1sh weye anxious for a decisive
ba43le. The battie-cruiser squadron
iu,xnedfately closed in. II was nearer
<hsA the battleships and had thirty
ku0tB Of speed against their twenty, &C
q Uct into the fight first. Battle
c1nfses1 were not intended to figh
Herman dreadnaughts' wore ready 70,
acf1on- Admiral Beatty. however
de4ermined to attempt to hold TIL
s<1nAn fleet until the British battle
aAipo could come up. He therefor,
sweat In With his nnt0e-cruissr~
n appears th~t three OF his ship
Nome 10 their death early In the figh
heca0ss Of this attempt The ouee,
Mary Ehe Indsfatiga01e, tho I'm
vlncS6la. - dashing ships as ever pu
~ ~ rsre sunk. II would seem
npOn the enemy that made thet
aner1fioe worth while. They evidentl.
onooeeded partially in their purpose
0oHnA OF the British dread q augiits di,
Hoe into the fight.
Duf the lesson is this: Baryr
GEua0orD, with the weight OF thei
ay1nor sacrificed to speed. with fewe
~ gums than have dreadnaugtlts
y Nnnn0t give and take with the latte
NnaD u ships In grips with dread
4 mmg1atS they are pretty sure to ~
Rk. This has been the theory o
sumVa1 experts all along. but that moo
should be sacrificed TO speed has neve
A0kors had amy actual experiment
Cp0n which to base its deductions.
Tho battle cruiser WAS crurnplet
n - md tts unfltness to play lead
10R role IN naval dramas WAS demon
x11ed. The Queen Mary. a mag
Reftosnt ship OF her kind, disphay1n4
1kDD0 tons, could not survive III
S19 shells Of tho Germans
Ine Drondnaughts Arrive
x11o was the first phase Of IN
1oe3A i seems TO have been afte
o sinking OF these three ships tina
1 british battleship squadron. le
he Warspite. arrived. There wer
ships In this squadron and the
d1ately plunged into the midst O
HgAt They appear TO have foun
0o4 that greatly outnumbere
they unQuestionab1y came Il
IT. 4Fomendous amount of hamme err
Every vessel was struck man
The Warspite and the Mari
IA both suffered many seriou
~ Marlborough was torpedoed
mGfthar OF these ships sunk, boil
4Asfr way hack to port AM
I'll soon be back in the service
I'm Phillpots, OF the Warsptte
6Ar1Iling tale of the experience
NooDei and the punishment sb
His steering gear went wroni
n ship rot out of control. Sh,
into the midst OF the enem,
0ha drew the concentrate
1 Gtx enemy battleships at on,
Mhe ran aInuck and sought :,
the execution possible. He
Xon worked to the maximum.
- stood her punishment ant
s&4lrouWd She served the pur