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Show BRITISH ADMIRAL PRAISE FLEET ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY THANKS AMERICAN OFFICERS AND MEN FOR CO-OPERATION. Doughty -Warrior Declares That British Brit-ish and Americans Were Disappointed Disap-pointed at Not Havina Been Able to ('eet German Fleet. London. The Anioricim battleship F'.HM(lron iilUiched to the'P.i'itisli grand lleet displayed a spirit of true comradeship com-radeship throughout its period of .service, .serv-ice, declared Admiral Sir David Jleaity, the commander in chief of the Ki'and fleet, in a farewell address on hoard the U. H. S. New York the day the squadron was detached from the grand fleet. All luinds had been called to muster on the forecastle to hear Admiral Ad-miral Deatty. After thanking the American officers offi-cers and men for their co-operution, Sir David remarked that both the British ond the Americans were disappointed at not having been able to meet the German fleet lie declared that the day the German fleet surrendered was n "pitiful day to see." Sir David said lie had always hud misgivings that the Germans would never come out for a finish fight, and these misgivings had been strengthened by the coming of the Americas squudron. |