26 AUGUST 1916, Page 1
To pursue an escorted battleship and succeed in torpedoing her
a second time in spite of her screen of protecting and presumably vigilant destroyers is an extraordinary feat. Thus the encounter of last Saturday ended not only relatively but absolutely in our favour. We suspect that the German High Seas Fleet came out to imppess public opinion but not to do more. To have proved to Germany that even that cannot be done except at a high price is another distinct point gained by our ever alert and accomplished Navy.
