"The Royal Navy had ruled the sea unchallenged for one hundred years since Nelson triumphed at Trafalgar. Yet when the Grand Fleet faced the German High Seas Fleet across the grey waters of the North Sea near Jutland, the British battleships and cruisers were battered into a draw, losing far more men and ships than the enemy. The Grand Fleet far outnumbered and outgunned the German fleet, so something clearly had gone wrong. The public waited for the official histories of the battle to be released to learn the truth, but month after month went by with the Admiralty promising, but failing, to publish an account of Jutland. Questions were raised in Parliament (twenty-two times), yet still no official report was produced, due to objections from Admiral Beatty. This led to Admiral Bacon producing his own account of the battle, called The Jutland Scandal, in 1925. " -- From Amazon.com.

Part I. The first essential -- Nelson and his times -- Ships, guns, torpedoes, armour, projectiles, submarines and mines -- A few simple manœuvres -- Part II. General description of the Battle of Jutland -- Phase I : The battle cruiser action -- Phase II -- Phase III : The battlefleet action -- Phase IV : The night action -- Part IV. The Admiralty narrative -- The origin of the book -- The 'if" that sticks -- Appendices : Remarks on closing up the battle cruiser fleet -- Some further remarks on the Dogger Bank action -- The break-through of the German fleet at night -- synopsis of British and German losses at the Battle of Jutland.