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WHERE JELLICOE FAILED.
Tongues have been set to wagging by the removal of
Admiral Jollicoe from the post of first sea lord of the Brit
ish navy. His performance in the battle of Jutland in
May, 191(1, when he commanded the British grand fleet, is
now recalled. On that occasion tin German fleet escaped;
from a mighty perilous situation.
There is increasing belief that the full story of the
naval battle has never been told. It is known that the
German government falselv sought to minimize its losses
but the real facts were never publicly disclosed. Since
the Jutland fight the Germans have not risked battle, but
have kept their fleet within protection of its shore bases.
Naval warfare experts for several months have been
studying the mystery of Jellicoe’s lost opportunity to de-i
strov the German navv at a single stroke. His own re
%
port of the action was extended and detailed and over
loaded wit h maps and diagrams, but it did not explain how
the German fleet got away.
An explanation of I ic missing phase of the battle is^
furnished l>y that staid and reliable journal, the Spring
field Republican, which obtained it from a source that
seemed to make it authorative beyond the possibility of a
doubt. Stripped of technical verbiage the explanation
was that after Admiral Beatty, by splendid seamanship
and great daring, had brought the unsuspecting Germans j
into contact with the overwhelming fleet under Jellicoe,
thi‘ latter flunked it, lost his n
part and let slip one of the g
lory. The Germans, when
vere described as launching
lest royer attack, the destroy*
is they endeavored to get at
this cover the German drea*
another direction.
Under these conditions J<
of two things. He could hav
German destroyer, lost som
the process, but then got at
fleet, in the rear. Or, and tl
doing, he could have fought
» renting form them, a mane
the menace of their torpedoi
find his quarry flown#when 1
it.
A striking illustration of
tually happened is furnished
the Yale Review, William 0
United States Naval academy
views on professional gossip
American and British naval <
i n the battle of Jutland:
“The crux of this battle 1
Jellicoe. When tbe German
of tactial positions and when
down to cut off their retreat
self to be Muffed away to th
Earlier in the day the same
Beatty, and he had countere
own destroyers without swer
We hear much of the “low vis
dose to better visibility? W
touch with the enemy durinj
kept touch with the Russia!
neighborhood of the straits <
did he. the morning after th
posedly lay between the Gei
away to the northwest and h
to their bases? Unless ques
met. one cannot escape the su
brought the high seas fleet to
portunity to duplicate Trafal
rather than a Nelson who cor
that day. There is no use to
are not asked, even in Englai
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erve, played an-overcautious
reatest opportunities of his
tliey discovered their peri
a tremendous torpedo boat,
'rs giving out a smoke screen |
the British fleet. Under i
Inaughts turned and fled in
dlicoe could have done either
e pressed boldly through the
e vessels, possibly many, in
the throat of the German
lis is what he is described as
off the destroyers while re
uver which greatly reduced
is, hut which causud-bim to I
ie finally turned and sought
#
what is believed to have ac-1
by the’January number of
. Stevens, writing from the
at Annapolis, and basing his
which passed freely between
>fficers, makes this comment
ies in the conduct of Admiral
fleet was caught in the worst
the whole British fleet bore
, why did Jellicoe allow him
e east by a torpedo flotilla?
feint had been made against
d by a torpedo attack of his
ving a point from his course,
ability”; why did not Jellicoe
hy also did he fail to keep in
r the night, as the Japanese
is during two nights in the
;>f Tsuhima? Finally, why
e battle, when his fleet sup
mans and Helgoland, steam
>ave them an open door back
itions like these are frankly
spicion that after Beatty had
battle, he had created an op- i
gar, but that it was a Calder
mnanded the British fleet on
pretend that such questions
nd.”
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1913, 1914, 1915, 1910, and 1917, the
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years, or a total of $900.00, in labor
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ion aro further notified that un-|
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proportionate share of said reprosen-;
tation for the years ending as afore
said; and you, the said Dave liau-i
man,' the sum of $56.25, being youi
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tation for the years ending as afore
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the manner provided by law.
Hated at Seattle, Washington, this]
fifteenth day of December, 1917.
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