Last Saturday the German High Seas Fleet "came out," according
to the first Admiralty statement, "but learning from their scouts that the British forces were in considerable strength, the enemy avoided engaging and returned to port." In searching for the enemy we lost two light cruisers, the ' Nottingham ' and the Fal- mouth.' All the officers of the 'Nottingham' were saved, but thirty-eight men are missing. All the officers and men of the ' Falmouth ' were saved, but one leading stoker died of injuries. One German submarine was destroyed, and another was rammed, and, as the Admiralty report says, "possibly sank." It is to be noted that this account, while perfectly explicit as to our losses— though all too chary in general information—gives the different events their right degree of importance. The refusal of the enemy to fight and our complete possession of the seas are made clear. The account is a great improvement on the first announcement of the Jutland Battle.
