From ‘The Running Fight in the North Sea’, The Spectator, 30 January 1915:
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THE splendid success of the battle-cruisers under Admiral Beatty in the North Sea last Sunday means much more than that they sunk the German armoured cruiser ‘Blücher,’ as well as a light cruiser, and very seriously damaged two German battle-cruisers. It means that we have a much better knowledge than before of what German tactics are likely to be, and what the German capacity is for fighting a superior force with an inferior force.
The Germans are so fond of creating an atmosphere of mystery—of encouraging a belief that they have some miracle of inventiveness to spring upon the world—that a great many people fancied that we should learn the full extent of German thought and preparation for the first time when a battle was joined between ships of the same type.
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