BENEATH CONTEMPT
ADMIttA'L BEATTY ON GERMAN NAVr. WISHED TO GIVE IT* "AKOTHER TASTE.' 2 (Australian a.nd N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Rec. December 4. 8.40 nn) LONDON, December 3. Admiral Beatty, in the course of a speech said: "The crew: of the "Lion" cm the eve of escorting the Germans to Scapamnr, said- that ft was a pit■wWcand a horrible sight to see thoso frrent German ships following a British light - cruiser to internment. The«d« of the old Lioivvim-u had been welUianimered in the past, mustlliavo ached— as 1 ached, and .von : achedto give them another taste of what we intended tor them. But theif. humiliating end was the proper end for an enemy who proved himself; laekmg, chivalry at sea. The -^myg strategy, tactics, a.nd behaviour have been beneath contempt, His end Mas worthy of a .-.nation -which waged war in such a fashion."
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Grey River Argus, 5 December 1918, Page 3
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143BENEATH CONTEMPT Grey River Argus, 5 December 1918, Page 3
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