Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19
WORK OF AMERICAN
AND BRITISH NAVIES
;niral Mahan's Teachings Value of Sea Power Fully
Confirmed by History of War-Pubic Not
Familiar With Naval Events

tehind Heliyoiand. orIto keep it there
' ldi;s That was Admiral Sir john
been met by the British navy under hts
, command. and by his successor Adj
,nirui Sir David Beatty, may be Judged
! by the fact that only once has The
German high seas fleet vcn.ured out OF
1 iarboi in force. as distinguished FROM
| light cruiser raids which achieved only
! pahy killing on bathing beaches
| BRITISH RATTLE FIEET
! AL"AiS READY FOR ACTION
Not only must the North Sea, always
,urbaient. and usually clothed In fog,
and swept Tor mines. but the baltic
| ncct had always 70 be ready. either
~ sea or in nearby harbors. for the
| when tic German ileet might venture
! The blockade had not only TO bar
;he ferry 10 France. but also TO cover
;he sub Arctic waters north OF the
the fact that after the first week OF
me var the only supplies that came
J snu2sied through Holland or Italy.
Denmark or sweden. the latter az
" rni,d Vii quite POSSIBLY have. 20
settlement for light regard OF neutral
duties. The German feet could stand
IN t"t si open a. b se tha a w a.d
The French fleets in the Mediterran-
can aided by the ltalion after the
their WORK Austria had :, consid-
, cradle naval force Of modern ships.
but !; never got OUT OF the Adriatic
and German submarines committed
| thor share OF atrocities in tho Mcdi-
terraneam. aided by the treachery Of
! stantine WAS expelled from the throne
but the Hun battleships never bnt
once dared .tandup ngnt with ,hei:
FRENCH AND ITALIAN
NAyfES DO GOOD WORK
mi. one n E.esi feet aGioa Of shs
coast, The nrs,. on Nov. NIB ; ). isit.
did littlc damage 10 Yarmouth, The
81 Scarborough. Ha-;iepool and Wait
BY. The Third was intsrcepted on
by Sir David Beatty's cruiser squad
ron. In that encounter the British
cruisers Lion and Tiger sank the Ger
man battlcship Bluccher and sent the
Derfr'Hser home badly crippled
RATTLE OF JUTLAND
FOUGHT NAY II. 1916
On the morning Of May 81 1916, Sir
John Jell!coe was between scotia nj
and Denmark with the British Sra
| ron had completed its sweep 70 the
4! south and was swinging Nortnward.
4, $50 r. NJ Beatty was sisnaied b:'
HIS l.sh; cruisers that the German
entiy steamed North along the Danish
colst and, when sighted. was heading
home again. w!th ii:h. cruisers Lad
in:.
cJlmtes and try to de,a!n the foe q!
% hnEp on his way TO join Jeliicoe
lie followed Nelson's rule: Engage
the enemy in sight" The ensuing bat
, Ia M "A. :, INT. So
Heatty's advance until he found he had
he whole German heavy feet before
him: to> Beattys swing round in ~
Ghor; TO draw the Germans towarj
Thomas came UP with four bate,
skins and took The first fire OF Sch.er.
oattieships; tc) tho arrival OF JcliiCos
with Admiral Hoods battle cruise.
squadron in The van.
GERMANS ESCAPE IN HAZE
4 AND SMOKE SCREEN
The concentration of the British,
Squsdrons had been effected. and Jcll-
icoe Behind HOOD was bearing down
on Scheer in overwhelming force. But
4; was then p. NJ. and night brought
the North Sea haze behind which and
his own smoke screens Scheer turnc cd
and escaped with most of his vessels
The British feet remained on the
picking up survivors. Not one Ger
man ship was in sigh, on a sea s,rcwn
with wreckase.
The Huns being near home. while the
British were 400 miles from port, got
out the FIRST story OF the action. claim
ing an enormous victory" Beatty
lost. in fact, two battle cruisers the
interchangeable and the Queen Mary
early in the action. Later the Irwin
chile. Admiral Hoods hagship. went
down with her commander. whose
conduc; was worthy of family so
renowned in naval annals. Some four
or five German vessels OF equal or
greater value were sunk. Just how
great the German losses were is yet
10 be ascertaincd
REALITY OF VICTORY
PROVED BY RESULTS
Victories. however. are tested by
their results. With all the Kaiscr'a
claims to his people. he did not claim
that the British blockade was ended
1t continued and moro stringent than
ever And. strange TO relate. immedi-
ately after the engagement it became
"nconvenent" to permit even the
most patriotic German TO gaze upon
! their victorious" ncet. For months
afterward no civilian was permitted
in the great naval port of Wilhelm
shaven. And the German high seas
Icat was never again seen outside the
blight of IIeligoland.
Until the end of the war the German
fleet remained in port, though as these
! lines are written 1T was reported 10
have put TO sea. but under the red
ia: of mutineers and revolutionis:s.
The future historian must be left to
untans!e the truth on the German side
about The Jutland battle. which might
he dismissed, as drawn were 1t not