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THE RIDDLE OF JUTLAND
by
Langhorne Gibson
&
Vice-Admiral J. E. T. Harper WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
SIR ARCHIBALD HURD
1st. 1934 Cassell & Co. Ltd., London

A navy cloth bound book with gilt titles to spine and front board. Some shelf wear, both front board corners badly bumped (see image below). Page block bright, clean and tight except for first and last few pages which have some foxing. Top edge is dyed blue. The back board has a pocket to accommodate the fourteen folded battle diagrams but over the years the outside edge has split along half its length but the diagrams are in excellent condition. A tight and square copy in VERY GOOD condition let down a little by the corner bumping.

165mm. x 240mm. x 40mm.
416 pages

£15.00 plus P & P
WW1 Jutland

Contents

    PART ONE - WAR
Chapter 1.
   KIEL
Chapter 2.
   SPITHEAD
Chapter 3.
   JELLICOE
Chapter 4.
   THE NORTH SEA
Chapter 5.
   WILHELMSHAVEN
Chapter 6.
   BEATTY
Chapter 7.
   STRATEGY
Chapter 8.
   HIPPER
Chapter 9.
   DOGGER BANK
Chapter 10.
   STALEMATE
     
    PART TWO - BATTLE
Chapter 11.
   SCHEER
Chapter 12.
   THRUST AND COUNTER-THRUST
Chapter 13.
   FIFTH BATTLE SQUADRON
Chapter 14.
   THE SUNDERLAND PLAN
Chapter 15.
   WARNING
Chapter 16.
   THREAT
Chapter 17.
   N. J. Fjord
Chapter 18.
   "ENEMY IN SIGHT!"
Chapter 19.
   BATTLE-CRUISERS
Chapter 20.
   THE RUN TO THE SOUTH
Chapter 21.
   THE DESTROYERS
Chapter 22.
   HIGH SEA FLEET
Chapter 23.
   THE GRAND FLEET
Chapter 24.
   THE RUN TO THE NORTH
Chapter 25.
   HOOD
Chapter 26.
   Iron Duke
Chapter 27.
   " WINDY CORNER"
Chapter 28.
   RETREAT
Chapter 29.
   PURSUIT
Chapter 30.
   ATTACK
Chapter 31.
   TWILIGHT
Chapter 32.
   NIGHT
Chapter 33.
   THE MIDDLE WATCH
Chapter 34.
   HARBOUR
Chapter 35.
   THE VERDICT
     
  PART THREE—AFTER JUTLAND
Chapter 36.
   FIRST GERMAN ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chapter 37.
   FIRST BRITISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chapter 38.
   SCHEER REPORTS
Chapter 39.
   JELLICOE REPORTS
Chapter 40.
   THE BATTLE'S NAME
Chapter 41.
   "SECOND JUTLAND"
Chapter 42.
   SUBMARINE WAR
Chapter 43.
   CRISIS
Chapter 44.
   APRIL-AUGUST, 1917
Chapter 45.
   WHITEHALL .
Chapter 46.
   1918 STRATEGY
Chapter 47.
   SCHEER'S LAST SORTIE
Chapter 48.
   DEFEAT
Chapter 49.
   MUTINY AND SURRENDER
Chapter 50.
   END OF THE FLEETS
Chapter 51.
   THE JUTLAND CONTROVERSY
Chapter 52.
   GERMAN ATTITUDE
Chapter 53.
   THE FUTURE
     
    BIBLIOGRAPHY
  INDEX

List of diagrams
[ In Pocket at end of Volume ]

  1. BEGINNING OF THE RUN TO THE SOUTH
    Germany opens fire; visibility fair.
  2. THE RUN TO THE SOUTH
    Queen Mary sinks; destroyers attack; Hipper swerves away; visibility fair.
  3. HIGH SEA FLEET IN SIGHT
    Beatty reverses course; visibility fair.
  4. THE RUN TO THE NORTH
    Visibility growing worse.
  5. " WINDY CORNER"
    First meeting of the Fleets as Jellicoe deploys; battle lines largely obscured in haze and smoke.
  6. SCHEER WITHDRAWS
    German movement concealed by fog and smoke-screens.
  7. "Gefechtskehrtwendung!"
    High Sea Fleet attacks; mist growing thicker.
  8. GRAND FLEET THRUSTS BACK SCHEER'S ATTACK
    High Sea Fleet in retreat, covered by battle-cruisers and destroyers.
  9. LULL
    Contact lost in mist and smoke. Scheer heads for Wilhelmshaven; Jellicoe moves to block German retreat.
  10. TWILIGHT CONTACT
    High Sea Fleet forced west.
  11. FORMATION FOR THE NIGHT
    Scheer orders "Durchhalten!" Jellicoe has completely blocked German escape.
  12. NIGHT
    Scheer unwittingly crosses through rear of Grand Fleet formation.
  13. CHART A.—North Sea situation at 7.00 a.m., May 31, 1916.
  14. CHART B.—North Sea situation at 2.15 p.m., May 31, 1916.
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Here you see the bumping on both corners of the front board and when cursor is moved from this image it reverts to the title page - the foxing seen on this is the worst there is. These images are intended to show the general appearence and condition of this book. If there is any thing else you would like to know or see then please ask, and if I can, I will scan or look it up for you!
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Below is a composite image of diagram 2. It is too large to scan in one and the yellow line at the bottom is a scanning fault - All the diagram sheets are in excellent condition.

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