BEATTY PLAYED FOR BIG STAKES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14045, 15 July 1916, Page 3

BEATTY PLAYED FOR BIG STAKES.

TV *. m • LONr W, Jurie &i me most striking impression earned by a visit to east coast portsi .to .which somerfof the ships that wWe^eh^aged. m Jhe Jutland battle havie returned is that , the result of the figh^w^nuch more satisfactory than tEenrsf official announcements Jed on e to 'expect,.' s^ys the Glasgow Herald's correspondent, lie continues: — inlwi-h i™ experlehdevtd get uto ; touch with the men who haw been ■J^WJ™ firmJv convinced' -"thWt the British Ships gave as good .Vfcfl feet - M JTtf* 7 ,^ »"«?. &t if'the full tale <xf -the losses- were told, „bv-- the enemy; the battle would be 'ha&d, as oheof the finest action Hoot;*, .■*'■** ...•-, .s - } What«viei ; the enemy's mission ' *Uttfnir. '' the . ' hafthVwX— . IS? it'Wto break 6ut into ; oh^SS %^ r r°u CaiTy out anotheiv raid on the Enghsh coast, it faUed. The battle cruisers wnidi met them encounted the German cruiser; sqSron" first gave them k mrirciles poiindin^Td when enemy reinforcement^ Came,! held up the Germain battle fleet m a'^rind but hopeless fight until the, JJrifoh Grand Fleet arrived. Then iHe^Ser mans, having bravely engaged a tteakbr force, bolted for home. J ">:.•?* BEATTY'S PART Vice-Admiral Sir David Beattv could haw avoided a fight, but it fr^gElhe 2 ntl * He knew the Grand Fleet was Speeding to his aid. -He knew that to engage the whole nughtof the Germanflelt was t^SX hce ships and men, but he kri^w also the high stakes he played for, and right craJantly did he do Ins part. Three of his battle cruisers have gone • %c» *ihe >hottom with their gallant crews. Others h<iye come m bearing their battle 3cars, but Beatty s reputation stands" iihiarnished. •,':. „,".,. „iv "'You have not lost faith m Bea.tty.?" one off the Tiger's crew was asked '"Lost faith m Beatty?" No,' He replied, f and we never shall' —■ '* That is the reply of the men. Tifey «re proud to have been m the' fltfht ITusy.- aa-e sure the British won, thaA-is nlmt they say. 'Wait and you will POWER OF SUPDRDREADNOUGHl 1 lliese men may be hopeless, univnaoning opti.nists regarding the power of tlie auper dreadnoughts, -the battle cruiseiM and the flotillas. They aav they speak frojn whht they saw I* the We. which ranged from 12,000 yards'. Eight capital ships went down like tin cans filled, with water. Smaller craft exS^'^j^^ "P-^e pinches of snuit," • and destroyers were wiped out uke so many flies. The men may be wrong, but that i» the impression one gete wherever he goes. ''It has not been what the' British all heueved on Friday— a titanic stmtrgle to. the death of rival fleets. But it is the biggest thing m respect Alf forces engaged the ile<?t lia* had, and from the attitude adopted by Germany, it is likolv to have for many dava, ' for " the one outstanding fact is that once again • when brought to the challenge of the mam fleet, the Gentians ran awa.v "