| Show REPORT OF CHALLENGES Shows hows I British Fleet Stood the T Test Tess eW Surprise and Maintained Maintained Predo nance of Allies on the Sea NaV Naval Correspondent Says li LONDON July The Tho 29 Tho dispatches i of Admiral Sir John now published afford a most striking end nd significant contrast to the Inconclusive inconclusive sive sivo incomplete and Inaccurate versions versions ver ver- of the battle batt which have emanated emanated ema erna- from German sources The narrative narrative narrative nar nar- so convincing in its modesty will establish beyond a doubt to all sound minded men tile the real outcome of the battle and its us actual effect It constitutes a challen challenge TO o the kaiser I to produce Von Scheer's report and andI I place it before the world Those who expected to find In the British dispatches material for a discussion dis dis- dis of the and tactical lessons of the tho battle will be bo pointed Common sense will have I warned most persons that as such revelations must of necessity afford Information to the enemy they could not be made On the other hand there is very much In the dispatches I beyond the description of how bow the battIe battle battle bat bat- tle tIe was fought which is of Interest to laymen and the naval profession I alike At the very ery beginning the commander com corn mander mander- in chief completely vindicates the vice admiral of his battle hattie cruiser fleet Sir David Beatty In connection connection tion with what took place before the British battle squadrons were able to get into action The Junction of the battle fleet he says with the scouting force after the enemy had been sighted was de me delayed owing to the southerly course steered by our advanced forc force dur duro during ing the first hour after commencing their action with the enemy battle cruisers This was of course unavoidable un on- avoidable as had our battle cruisers not followed the enemy to the southward southward southward south south- ward the main fleets would never have been In contact No further comment Is necessary on this plain statement of the facts Fleet Must Be Always Ready In Judging the events of or the battle the circumstances which permitted of its beins bein fou ht are ant aDt to be lost sight of oC One One One- lesson dr driven ven home by bythe bythe bythe the admirals admiral's report is the time honored hon ored one that a a. fighting fleet fleet to to today day more than ever must ever must be ready at an instants instant's notice to go anywhere and do anything The British fleet had no leisurely warning of this thia encounter encounter encounter en en- counter off the Jutland coast It was sprung upon them suddenly The ships were out for a sweeping movement move more ment meat through the North sea as they had been scores of times Umes before when the word was passed that the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans were out How well the efficiency of the fleet stood the te test t is shown in these dis- dis dis patches In particular the skill and endurance of the engineers by which the huge vessels were placed at the spot desired by the commander in chief were beyond all aU praise Sir John says that the prelude to action Is the work of the engine room department and after commending the qualities of discipline and devotion devotion devo devo- tion to duty shown by these workers below he adds that several ships attained speeds that had never before before be be- fore been reached thus showing very clearly their high state of steaming efficiency Failures In material were conspicuous by their absence It was not only an efficient but a progressive fleet which brought the Germans to action on May 31 The number of new vessels added since the war began and the developments in fleet organization as th re experience must come as a a. am rel at revelation to many people vessels Indicated as having part on ott the British side sido all all less than twelve years of age battle s squadrons contained n nol no launched before 1906 and strayer flotillas were none put I before 1901 There are abou I light cruisers and torpedo craf cral by name In the report report- no less than twentythree twenty Of off i have been boen passed into service the beginning of the tile war W.- W. the destroyer flotillas of ot the that f numbered nine they now ie teen and in place of two light squadrons there are four toil Aeroplanes Aid for or First Time Tim r For the first time timo In nai nava it fare moreover an aeroplane sL 1 companied the fleet fleet the the En formerly a fast cross ship ship and and the assistance of t of-t chino chine which ascended from he het during the tho afternoon of Invaluable As Aa has alread r stated the fighting value of e fired inch 15 gun ships of the tha Elizabeth type was amply f f Sir David Beatty sho aho 1 these great battleships open at a range of yards or orand or s and a half miles V r r. r Wonderful as were the p pe ances of the different units 7 7 personal side which must lattra attra i greater attention Without Without-ft crews to handle them the be most scientifically equipped IT T f would be useless The I however showed that allied wit skill they possess qua of daring and Initiative worthy old glories of the royal navy There are instances of heroia I played by the tile men in the destin dei dest in attacking the big German Germann Few persons but c J thrilled In reading how when tit strayer Onslow was disabled a aft tacking battleships battle c cand and a light cruiser of the G i fleet another destroyer the destroyer D I Ier er which had bad likewise been by a shell which damage foremost boiler went boiler went in at th tha speed she could do ten knots took the Onslow in tow Shells falling all aU around the two da destroyers but with the C seamanship of ot their crews the the the- home without further mishap Another destroyer the had all her executive officers two disabled but was brought out of action and bat her base by H HAT Kemmis and anti Midshipman l R. R G. G Gl aU While the British t light of fuller information miH mui quite satisfied with the suits gained by the action co coing COlt conj ing all the factors they must b more so when the moral considered All the tile time place and weather r side of the Germans but they caught held and forced to figh but for the darkness and mist misti I well veIl have been annihilated too they fought bravely as himself declares unde deadly fire of ot the British dT their efficiency was while that of Jellicoe's men was waa tamed throughout As a result t I action moreover the prado I of ot the allies in all the seas world Is stronger than ever 1 |
