THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULYJJ.
7 A
sJELUCOE REPORTS
JUTLAND BATTLE
f&ead Admiral in Command of
British ;lrteet"Gives Version
of the Big Sea Fight.
DARKNESS HALTS ACTION
COMMANDER OF NEW
BRITISH DRIVE General
Sir Douglas Hatg, in per
soaal command of the Brit
ish troops, who aro smash
ins I .through .- the.. German
line on a sixteen-mile front
in the west.
London, July 7. "Be pleased to
inform the lords' commissioners of
the admiralty that the German high
sea fleet was brought to action on
the 31st day of May, 1916, to the
westward of Jutland bank, off the
coast of Denmark."
In these words Vice Admiral Sir
John R'. Jellicoe, commander-in-chief
of the home fleets, opens his report
to the admiralty on the battle over
ul which there has been so much dis
j cussion,' Continuing, Admiral Jelli
' coe says in part:
"The ships of the grand fleet, in
pursuance o7 the general policy of
periodical sweeps through the North
Sea, had left its base on the previous
day. In the early afternoon of Wed
nesday, 3lst of May, the first and
second battle cruiser squadrons and
aitroyers from the first, ninth,
tenth and thirteenth flotillas, sup-
Dorted bv the fifth battle sduedron
were, in accordance with my direc
tions, scouting to the ' southward of
Tthe battle fleet, which ,-was accom-
nanied bv the "' third battle fleet,
which was accompanied by the third
battle cruiser squadron', the first and
second cruiser sauadrons. the fourth
light cruiser "squadrons and the
fourth, eleventh and twelfth flotillas.
Junction Delayed.
"The junction" of ,fhe battle .fleet
with the scouting ' force after the
enemv had been sighted was delayed
owing tothe- southerly course sleet
ed by our 'advanced force during the
first hqur after commencing; Jheir .ac
tion with the enemy battle "cruisers.
This, of cburse, was: unavoidable, as
had our battle cruisers not followed
the enemy to the southward, the
main fleets would never have been
in contact. The battle cruisers fleet.
callantlv led bv Vice Admiral .Beatty
and admirably supported by the
ships of the fifth battle squadron,
under Rear Admiral Evan-Thomas,
1' fought . the action under, at times,
)m disadvantageous conditions, especial-
F ly in regard to light, in a manner
that was in keeping with the best
traditions of the service."
yWithout maps and charts many of
r the details ot the report cannot te
made clear. It states that "the list
of ships and commanding officers
which took part in the action has
been withheld from publication for
the present in accordance with the
usual practice," which also detracts
from the interest of the document.
Estimates of Foe Losses.
1 Admiral Jellicoe estimates the Ger-
. man losses at two battleships ot tne
dreadnought ' type, one of the
Deutschland type, which was seen to
sink, the battle cruiser LutszQw, ad-J
mitted by the Germans, one battle
cruiser of the dreadnought type, one
battle cruiser, seen to be so severely
damaged that its return was extreme-,
ly doubtful; five light cruisers seen
to sink-one of them possibly a bat
tleshipsix destroyers, seen to sink;
three destroyers so damaged that it
was doubtful if they would be able to
reach port, and a submarine sunk.
In concluding Admiral Jellicoe
says:
"The conditions of low visibility
under which the day action took place
and the approach of darkness en
hanced the difficulty of giving an ac
curate report of the damage inflicted
or the name of the ships sunk by
our forces. But after a most careful
examination of the evidence of all
the officers who testified to seeing
enemy vessels actually sink and per-
.ennal ,'ntprviru; with a larffft num-
clt of these officers, I am of the
. . .1 1 . .1 . .
opinion inai uic usi Biiywu 111
enclosure gives the minimum num
bers, though it is possible it is not
accurate as regards the particular
tlass 1 of vessel, especially those
which were sunk during the night
attack.
Serious Loss to Navy.
''I deeply regret to report the loss
of his majesty's ships, Queen Mary,
Indefatigable, Invincible, Defense,
Black Prince, Warrior, Tipperary,
Ardent, Fortune, Shark, Sparrow
Hawk. Nestor. Nomad and Turbulent.
Still more do I regret the resultant
heavy lqss of life. The death of such
gallant and distinguished officers as
Arbuthat, Hood, Captain Howerby,
Captain ' Prowse, Captain Bonham,
Captain ' Charles J. Winterour and
Captain -Stanley B. Ellis, and those
who perished with them, is a serious
loss to the navv and to the country,
They leq officers and men who were
equally gallant and whose death is
mourned by their comrades in the
grand fleet. I hey tell during their
duty nobly, a death which they
would have been first to desire.
"The enemy fought With the gal
lantry that was expected of him. We
particularly admired tne conduct 01
those on board a disabled German
light cruiser which passed down the
iritish line shortly alter deployment
under a. heavy fire, which was re
turned by the only gun left in ac
tion. The conduct of the officers and
men was entirely beyond praise."
the Hardest Fighting.
The hardest fighting fell to the bat
tle cruiser fleet, says Admiral Jelli
coe, and, continues:
' Vice -Admiral Sir David Beatty
once again showed his fine qualities
of gallant leadership. I can fully sym-
thue with his feelings when the
GEN Sift DOUGLAS HfUQu
path
eevning mist and fading light robbed
the fleet of that complete victory for
which he had maneuvered, for which
the vessels in company with him had
striven so hard. The services ren
dered by him, not only on this, but
on two previous occasions had been
of the very greatest value."
Extracts from Vice Admiral Beat
ty's reports give the course before the
battle fleet came on the scene of ac
tion. At 2:20 o'clock in the afternoon
the Calatia reported the presence of
enemy vessels. At 2:35 o'clock con
siderable' smoke was sighted to the
eastward. This made it clear that
fthe enemy was to the northward and
eastward and tnat it wouia De im
possible. for him to round Horn Reef
without being brought to action. The
course ot the British ships const
quently was altered to the eastward
subsequently northeastward.
When Enemy Sighted.
The enemy was sighted' at 3:31
o'clock. . His force consisted of five
battle cruisers. Vice Admiral Beat
ty s first , and third ' light cruiser
squadrons, without obtaining orders,
spread eastward, forming a screen In
advance of the battle cruiser squad
ron, under Admiral i.van-1 nomas,
consisting of four battleships' of the
Queen Elizabeth class. The light
cruisers engaged the enemy and the
cruiser squadron came up at high
speed, taking station ' ahead d"f the
battle cruisers. At 3:30 o'clock Vice
Admiral Beatty "increased the" speed
to twenty-five knots an hour and
formed the line of battle, the second1
battle cruiser . squadron forming
astern of the first, with two destroy,
er flotillas ahead.
Vice Admiral Beatty then turned
east-southeast, 'slightly converging
on the enemy, now at a range of 23,-
00U yards, the tilth battle cruiser
squadron was then bearing north
northeast, 10,000 yards distant. The
visibility was good.
Sun Behind British.
Continuing his rport, Vice Admiral
Beattv said:
"The sun was behind us. The
wind was southeast.. Being between
the enemy and his base our situation
was both tactically and strategically
srood.
, "Both forces opened fire simultane
ously at 3:38 at a range of 18,500
yards. I he course was altered south
ward, the enemy steering parallel,
distant 18,000 to 14,500. yards. The
fifth battle squadron opened fire at a
ranee of ZO.UOU yards at 4:UB. , Al
though the presence 01 destroyers
caused inconvenience qn account of
smoke, they preserved we. pattiesnips
trom submarine attacks. ,
"Two submarines being sighted,
and a flotilla of ten destroyers being
ordered to attack the enemy with
torpedoes, they moved out at 4:15
o clock' simultaneously ,witn tne ap
proach of the ' uerman destroyers.
The attack was: carried out gallantly
with great determination.- Before art-
riving at a favorable position to - fire
torpedoes they intercepted an -enemy
force, consisting of one light cruiser
and fifteen destroyers.' A: fierce en
gagement at close quarters ensued
and the enemv was' forced tb retire.
having two' destroyers sunk and their
torpedo attack frustrated, uur -de
stroyers sustained no loss;
1 Fires Two Torpedoes.
"The Nestor, Nomad and Mineator,
under Commander Edward Bingham
pressed the attaack on the battle
cruisers and fired two torpedoes. Be
ing subjected to a heavy fire at 3,000
yards, the Nomad was badly hit and
remained between the lines. The
Nestor also was badly hit, but was
afloat when last seen. ihe retard,
Nerissa, Turbulent and Termagant
also are oraised.
"From 4:15 to 4:43 o'clock the con
flirt between the battle cruiser squad
rons was fierce snd the British fire
began to tell. The rapidity and ac
curacy of the German fire deprecia
ted The third German ship was seen
to be afire. The German battle fleet
was reported ahead and the destroy
er were recalled."
Vice Admiral Beatty altered his
course to the northward to lead the
Germans toward the British battle
fleet. The second light cruiser squad
ron closed to 13.000 yards of the Ger
battle fleet and came under
heavy, but ineffective fire. The fifth
hattle souadron ensaired the German
battle cruisers and about 5 o'clock
came under the fire of the leading
ships of the German battle fleet.
The weather became unfavorable
Vice Admiral Beatty s ships being
silhouetted against a clear horizon.
Receive Severe Punishment
Between 5 and 6 o'clock the action
continued at 14,000 yards on a north
erly course, the Uerman ships receiv
ing severe punishment, one battle
cruiser quitting the line considerably
damaged. At 5:35 o'clock the Ger
mans were gradually hauling east
ward, probably acting oh information
from their light cruisers, which were
engaged with the third battle cruiser
squadron, or from Zeppelins.
At 5:56 o'clock the leading ships
of the battle fleet were sighted, bear
ing north, distant five miles. Vice
Admiral Beatty thereon proceeded
east at greatest speed, bringing the
range to 12,000 yards. Only three
German battle cruisers were then vis
ible, followed by battleships of the
Koenig type.
Vice Admiral Jellicoe then takes up
the story of the battle fleet. . Inform
ed that the Germans were sighted,
the fleet proceeded at full speed on
a southeast by south course during
two hours before arriving on the
scene of battle.
Forms Line of Battle.
Vice Admiral Beatty reported the
position of the German battle fleet at
6.19 o clock. Vice Admiral Jellicoe
then formed, the line ot battle, vio
Admiral Beatty, meantime having
formed the battle cruisers ahead
the battle fleet and the fleets be
came engaged. During the deploy
ment, the Defense and Warrior were
seen passing between the British and
German fleets under heavy fire. The
Defense disappeared snd the Warrior
passed to the rear, disabled.
Vice Admiral Jellicoe considers it
probable that Sis Robert K. Arbuth
not,, the rear admiral, who was lost
on board the Defense, -was pot aware
during the engagement with the Ger
man light cruisers of the approach
of their heavy ships owing to the
mist, until he found himself in close
proximitey to the main German fleet.
Before he could withdraw, his ships
were caught in a heavy fire and disabled.
Mist Hides Vessels. .
Owing., principally to the mist it
was possible to see. only a few ships
at the time. Toward the close-of the
battle, only four or five vessels were
visible and never more than eight to
twelve.
The third battle cruiser squadron.
under Rear Admiral Horace Alexan
der Hood, was in advance of the bat
tle fleet and ordered to reinforce Vice
.Admiral Beatty.
Describing the work of the third
iquadron, Vice Admiral Beatty said
Rear Admiral Hood brought into ac
tion ahead of .the Lion "in the most
inspiring manner, worthy of his great
naval ancestors."
Vice Admiral Hood at 6:25 o. m.
was only 8,000 yards from the leading
German ship and the British vessels
poured a-hot fire into it and caused
it to turn away. Vice Admiral Beatty,
continuing, reports:. ;
"By .6:50 0 clock the battle cruisers
were clear of our leading battle squad
ron and. I. ordered the third battle
cruiser squadron .to prolong the line
astern and reduced the speed to
eighteen knots. The visibility at this
time was very indifferent, not more
than (our miles, and the enemy ships
were temporarily lost sight of after
p. m. Although the visibility be
came reduced, it undouDteniy was
more favorable to us than to 'the
enemy. At intervals their snips
showed up clearly, enabling us to pun
ish them very severely.
Length of Action.
The action between the battle fleets
lasted intermittently rdrh 6:17 to 8:20
o'clock af Tinges ' between 9,000 snd
12,000 yards. The Gefmans constant
ly turned Sway Snd opened the range
under the cover of destroyer attacks
and smoke screens. Alterations of the
course from southeast by east to west
in an endeavor to close up brought
the British battle fleet,, which com
menced action in ah advantageous po
sition on the Germans bow, to a quar
terly bearing from the German battle
lmc.but placed Vice Admiral jemcoe
between the Germans and their bases.
The German vessels were entirely
out of the fight at 9 0 clock, says the
report. - Threat of destroyer sttacks
during the rapidly approaching dark
ness made it necessary to dispose the
neei wun a view iu us smci, wiiiic
providing for' a renewal of action at
davticrht.
the British heavy ships were not
attacked during the night, but three
British destroyer rioinias aeuvercu a
series of successful attacks, causing
heavy losses. At daybreak the Uer
man fleet had disaooeared.
The report concludes witn tne state
ment that the tleet returned to its
base on Friday i June 2, and at 9:30
p. m. of the same day had replenished
its supplies and was reported ready
for turther action."
TaxiUriver Draws
Line on. Flivvers
, Offered as Cash
Taxicabs in Omaha cost $3 an hour,
under ordinary circumstances.
Barney Bromburg, Tekamah, lost
his flivver- car yesterday and aner
reporting the matter to the police,
hired a taxi and spent nearly twenty-
four hours searching the highways
and byways of Douglas county for
it. Meanwhile the ponce sent our
a description ot it. ana a lew nours
after it absence had been' reported.
it was found, but Brombur?, in ig
norance of the fact, kept on the taxi
nunt ana me taxi mcixr iicyw
grinding its bad news.-
Finally Bromburg decided to come
to police headquarters to see if there
mi mv news of his car". He found
it roosting on a perch in the rear of
the station. Simultaneously, tne
taxi driver presented .a bill for $72,
Rrnmbunr cot out of the machine.
"You can have the fliwerl" he told
the rhailffeur.
"Not me," exclaimed the taxi
driver. "You'll have to dig up fif
teen more flivvers before you can
square yourself with me, and I'd not
do it then only because my. little
nephew is getting up a collection of
'em." ' ;
Mrs. Elizabeth Staples
Dies at Daughter's Home
Mrs. Elizabeth Staples, 7(5 years old,
died yesterday at. the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Alexander R. McFar
land, 2115 Spencer street.
Two other children survive, George
Staples of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs.
W. A. Fenner of Marshalltown, la.
Burial will be at Atkinson, Neb., be
side her husband.
Mrs. Staples was born November 7,
1835, at Rochester, N. Y., and came to
Atkinson in 1884. She had been a
resident of Omaha for twenty-five
years.
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