"NOT YET"
MUST THE. GERMAN FLEET GIVE BATTLE LONDON, Feb. 18. Captain Persius, in an irtidle in the ''Berliner Tageblatt," :\vaxns Germans not to expect, the fleet to 'give battle yet. He hints at th ! o Ainpalatable truth" that such jjrocetfure ii only courting destruction, and rebukes those - who speak of the cowardice of tile British' fleet.,' He declares that it would' bii self-deception not to admit that Great Britain's Navy -*» i the whole has fulfilled its task "in protecting'both its own trade and that of the Allies, and has given safe co'nduct for transports. He adds: "But the leadership of the British squadron as well as the training of the crews in the Chili fight showed lack of strategy, ahd the Falklands Islands battle was lacking in tactics, whilo in the North iSea fight the British were "guilty of bad maridenyring.'\ All this made him believo that it was feasible for the German fleet yet to deliver a successful atta,ck. •
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 19 February 1915, Page 5
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