THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND
[ DETAILS FROM OFFICIAL | RECORDS. [ . . GERMAN ASSERTIONS DISPOSED OF ONLY TEN SHIPS ESCAPED DAMAGE. Received Feb. 24, 7.40 p.m. London, Fob. 22. The detailed account of the battle of Jutland, compiled fro mthe British official records, finally disposes of the German assertions regarding the number of German Bhips which escaped British gunfire. It states that twelve battle-ships, five battle-cruisers, and ten light- cruisers were hit, while the battleship Osterieveland was mined. Five destroyers are known to have been sunk. The battlecruiser Luetzow sustained at least forty direct hits and was torpedoed twice, and was finally abandoned and sunk by two German torpedoes. The casualties on the Luetzow were from 400 to 000. The account vividly describes the terrible battering of the battleship Koenig and the battle-cruiser Seydlitz. The former was\struck fifteen times and four of the forward compartments flooded, while, as the result of direct hits, the ship settled by the head and listed to port, and the starboard compartments had to be flooded to right her. The crew of the forward torpedo tube were imprisoned, and only extricated on June 0, when the Koenig was dry-docked, and the Hamburg men were kept alive by feeding through the voice pipe. The Seydlitz was hit by twenty-three shells and one torpedo, and,beached in a sinking condition. She was subsequently refloated and docked. Of the twenty-two battleships engaged only ten, including the flagship, escaped damage. A few were soon repaired, but the others were laid up for months. All the five battleships engaged suffered heavily. A complete record of the forces engaged is as follows: British. 24 dreadnoughts. 10 attached cruisers. 8 battle-cruisers. 12 light cruisers. 0 vessels of the light cruiser squadron. 78 destroyers. German. 22 battleships. 10 cruisers. 77 destroyers. 1 It is clearly established that of the vessels actually in action the preponderance of force lay with the enemy Reuter. CRITICISM BY AN ADMIRAL. JELLICOE LOST lIIS CHANCE. NOT A MAN OF ACTION. Received Feb. 25, 1.15 a.m. London, Feb. 20. Admiral Fremantle, in a letter to the press, joins in the criticism of Lord Jellicoe for not, closing in on the enemy at Jutland when he met him 200 miles from his base with an overwhelming superiority. He added that Nelson would not have wasted time in forming a line of battle, and would never have lost sight of the enemy. Lord Jellicoe lost his chance. His book is full of excuses, but the plain truth is that Lord Jellicoe. though a good officer, is not a man of action. His own defence condemns him. The annihilation of the German Beet in 191G would probably have ended the war. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1919, Page 5
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448THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1919, Page 5
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