THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 4369, 13 October 1916, Page 6

THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND.

ft was a summer evening, The great sea fight .was done, And Kaspar on the German shore Haw German warships run — And limping on the waters green iA. battered fleet came on the scene. Old Kaspar saw witli deep concern The Fleet had sorely shrunk, And cried, * ‘Oil, tell me, Tirpitz, pray, How many ships are sunk?” "Nay, that 1 cannot tell,” said he, "Bui; ’tvvas a famous victory.” "Our glorious Navy/’ Tirpitz cried, "Out 'Britain’s hosts to rout.” "Thau why have we thus run away?” {tried Kaspar, full of doubt. "Oh, that I cannot tell,” said T., "But ’owns a. famous victory.” "And have wo swept them from the foam. And shattered their blockade?’ 5 'Said. Kaspar, "Can our ships now roam And bring us food and trade?” "Well, no; we’re still hemmed in,” said T. "But ’twa s a, famous victory.” ".But if the Day, tlio longed-for Day, Brought triumph,” Kaspar said. "Why are we still blQckadod, pray?” And .Kaspar scratched his head. "I toll you,’’ fiercely thundered T., "It was a. famous victory.” So Kaspar, as per orders, cheered, While iovbells rent the sky, And Tirpitz told the smiling world 'With, loud incessant cry, (Though Britain still commands the sea) "It was a famous victory.” —From the '’"'Sunday Chronicle,” June Uth, 1016.