Never, not even after Trafalgar, not an expert.' To which the law-the Horn Reef light ship in the Heligoland Bight. They succeeded, crossing quite close to the stern of the British line about 10 p.m. There was brief, weird action lasting only three and a half minutes, between the ships which actually came in touch, during which time the whole horizon was a ring of flame. It was had our seas been swept so clear of our enemies as at the conclusion of the Battle of Jutland—the greatest British naval victory, over which there has been so much controversy, and about which so little has been told. Lecturing on Tuesday at the Olympic Theatre, Lieut. S. Hall King, R.N., sailor and novelist, lifted the veil in an extraordinary vivid description of the 12 hows' fight, a fight in which 10,000 perished and 21 ships were engaged.
Mr. Sidney Barton, o.m.c., H. M. Consul-General, presided. The lecture, given under the auspices of the Navy League (Shanghai branch) im aid of.naval charity, was illustrated by thrilling Jantern slides of various incidents in the battle, including the sinking of the Queen Mary.
Mr. Barton having mentioned that the speaker was present at the battle, and was one of the survivors from H.M.S. Southampton, Lieut. King-Hall said that that was correct, but he was not ati all sure that it was a fact! recommending a person as a lecturer on the subject of battle. The trouble about a modern battle was that as a spectacle it was too widespread and drawn out. It was like those lung films in 24 six-reel episodes, you could not possibly hoist the whole thing in. The only proper way to study a battle: was to forget you were there and concentrate on original documents. There were a good many documents in connexion with Jutland, ranging from the official despatches to the German admiral's private and secret report to the Kaiser, and one way and another—that was to say sometimes because it was his job, and scme-times because he was not supposed to see them—he had managed, he thought, to see them all.
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