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Show iBRTTISH EXPLAIN GERHUNVICTORY Jellicoe Tells How He Was Defeated De-feated in Battle of Jutland LONDON'. Dec 17. Another chapter chap-ter was added to the controversy ov r tin battle of Jutland when the admiralty admir-alty today published the eagerly-awaited eagerly-awaited volume of 6 00 pages on thi : crucial naval engagement, containing Admiral Jelllcoe's dispatch describing the battle and the narratives of the l'.nti-h squadron commanders. Admiral Jellicoe, In his covering dispatch, dis-patch, dated June IS, 1910. declared he felt no anxiety regarding the advanced ad-vanced position of the forces under Vice Admiral Heatt, command' r tit the battle cruiser squadron, and that When Beatty sighted the enemy bat-I bat-I tie cruisers, the vice admiral adopted j the correct and only possible course I in engaging the enemy and endeavor-ling endeavor-ling to keep between the enemy and 'his base. There has been much controversy lover the question whether Jellicoe i should hkve gone to Beatty'a a .-si. stance st-ance when It appeared the battle was Imminent. WHY RITISH LOST The fact which contributed to the I British losses In the battle, said Admiral Ad-miral JflUcoe in his personal reports, .were indifferent armor protection for the battle cruisers, particularly as re-gardfl re-gardfl turret armor and deck platlnji together with the disadvantage of th light conditions for th British. "A disturbing feature of the battl cruiser action,'' Admiral Jellicoe re ported, "was the fact that, five German Ger-man battle cruisers engaging six British Brit-ish vessels at the same time uerr able to sink the Queen Mary and the Inde-fntlguable." Inde-fntlguable." PRAISE GERMAN SKTLI "Tin- German organization at night as very good," continued the admir-ilty, admir-ilty, 'and their system of recognition signals w.ik e xcellent, while the British was practical!!! nil. The German searchlight.-: were superior and were 'used to better effect than the British ships." He said he was reluctantly compelled com-pelled to the opinion that under night i conditions the British had much to i learn from the Germuns I It was not to be doubted, said the report, that the gunnery of the German Ger-man battle cruisers In tho early stageh was Of a very high standard 00 |