The full narrative of the North Sea fight is one of magnificent sta-manship, of splendid gunnery, of chivalry, and of just retribution, the "Daily Mail," overseas edition, of January 30.
The Admiralty claim only the destruction of one German battle: cruiser, but those who took part in the great fight aver that all th: enemy's large ships were gravely damaged. The Blucher is gone; the great and speedy Derflinger disappeared from view with a funnel shot away and blazing from stem to stern; the Moltke was in no better plight; and the Seydlitz was awash astern, No person except the admiral and his staff could detach himself from his immediate duty to take a com: prehensive view of the action which for a few hours raged over 100 miles of sea, but from many trustworthy sources it is possible to piece together a connected narrative which must ever redound to the credit of the Royal Navy. The British battle squadron, apprised of the movements of the enemy's fleet, left its base Late on Saturday evening. The five huge ships steam. ed ahead in the following order Lion (flying the flag of Admiral David Beatty). Tiger, Princess Royal, New Zealand, Indomitable. At sea they were joined by a flotilla of light cruisers and destroyers, with the smaller vessels speeding ahead. The battle fleet went south, slightly south-east,
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