History of the World War, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from History of the World War, Vol. 3

I. The day AT last: Greatest conflict in naval history - Circum Stances of the engagement - A chance encounter on both Sides - The meeting - A threefold Operation follows - F light. II. The fight: Hipper runs away from Beatty - Beatty runs away when Scheer brings up battle fleet - Scheer flees from Jellicoe - British losses frankly con ceded, German losses remain to be established - German fleet escapes owing to lateness Of hour and low visibility - British fleet proceeds to base, injured Ships are put under repairs - Jellicoe resumes cus tomary watch Of the North Sea - Summary - British losses - German losses - Enemy's gunnery - Criticism of tactical aspects - The battle develops nothing new, but depreciates value of the submarine. III. The result: British battle fleet, confident that it had won a great victory, returns to find nation near panic from belief that the battle had been lost - Same impression shared by whole world - Stupidity of Admiralty the cause - Kaiser congratulates Scheer - The facts - The victorious fleet continues to hide - The defeated fleet resumes its normal functions - Final answer to the claim that Jutland was a Ger man victory - Perception grows clearer that Britain had won the war on the seas - Mastery Of the enemy fleet the true naval victory of the war - A great and a small battle compared - An allegory - Jutland a vindi cation Of Britain's claim to naval supremacy, a failure Of the Kaiser's challenge years previous to the war: Our future lies on the sea.

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