The battle began about half-past three o'clock on the afternoon
of Wednesday, May 31st, and continued into the "glorious first of June," with results which need not fear to be associated with that historic naval day. We follow almost exactly an account of the battle published in the Glasgow Herald, which is the best we have seen. Admiral Beatty's battle-cruisers, the Princess Royal," Queen Mary," Tiger,' ' Inflexible,' 'Indomit- able," Invincible," Indefatigable,' and 'New Zealand,' were on a south-easterly course, followed by the four Queen Elizabeths
Barham," Valiant,'Was-spite,' and Malaya.' The enemy light cruisers were first sighted, and then the head of the German battle-cruiser squadron. This squadron consisted of the new cruiser
Hindenburg,' the Seydlitz," Derfilinge,r," Liitzow," Moltke,' and possibly the Salamis.' Admiral Beatty opened fire at a range of about twenty thousand yards, and this shortened to about sixteen thousand as the fleets closed. The Germans could see our ships sharply silhouetted against a pale-yellow sky, but the Germans were enveloped in a haze. The Queen Elizabeths opened fire one after another as they came up. The German battle-cruisers drew away slightly. This was the first phase of the battle.
