JUTLAND RECORD ISSUED BY ADMIRALTY

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 62, 4 June 1927, Page 17

JUTLAND RECORD ISSUED BY ADMIRALTY

MYSTERY DISPELLED CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Wednesday. The narrative o£ the Battle of Jutland, -which was officially published in 1924, has now been followed by a Blue Book, entitled “Republication of the Record of the Battle of Jutland.” The volume was prepared by Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Harper and other officers, by direction of the Admiralty in 1919-20. Criticism of the delay in publishing .this record was recently revived by the publication of Admiral Harper’s book, “The Truth About Jutland,” the object of which, the author avows, is to “scotch the legend of the incompetence of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe.”

In the words of an explanatory note by the Admiralty, the Blue Book is “nothing more than a record, in chronological sequence, of the movements of the various British squadrons, and represents the first stage in the preparation of the history of the battle.” “It must be clearly understood,” the note continues, “that this is not to be regarded as an official report, and that the object of Their Lordships in now authorising the publication of the record is to dispel the Idea that any mystery, sensational evidence or criticism is contained in it.”—A. and N.Z.-Sun.