THE VERDICT OF HISTORY
“From the time Admiral Jellicoc, as t •nmaiuler-in-Cliief, came into battle and took charge till the end that the German Fleet suffered most severely. Jutland was fought so late in the day, and the weather was so misty, that a decisive result, that evening, was impassible Jel lime's clever dis.pi isiticyi of his fleet at night cost the enemy the most severe losses of all. Finally, that, hut for lack of information of the German break through’, which should have reached him, during the night Admiral Jellicoc would have been assured of a fight to a finish next day. provided the weather was sufficiently clear at daylight. If 1 can impart to the public these true and essential beliefs about Jutland, instead of the distortion with which they have been misled. I shall not have written in pain the book 1 have had no hesitation in calling “Tiie Truth About Jutland”—Admiral Harper in the “Evening Standard.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1927, Page 2
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160THE VERDICT OF HISTORY Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1927, Page 2
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