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Jutland Letters : June - October 1916 - Affectionate Letters from a Royal Navy Commodore to His Beloved Wifeby Bachrach, HarrietFirst Edition
Book desription: Salisbury, United Kingdom: Wessex Books, 2006 116 pages b/w photos illustrations - Letters from Commodore C.E. Le Mesurier RN, 4th Light Cruiser Squadron (John Jellicoe's Own) to his wife, Florence, from The Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow, with a Recollection by their son, E.K. Le Mesurier RN, Captain of HMS Belfast 1948 - 1950. Edited by Harriet Bachrach, Commodore Charles Le Mesurier's granddaughter. This is a first edition, soft back book of 116 pages, stiff cardboard cover, quality paper, glossy print, with black and white photographs, drawings, maps, bibliography and time line of Great War. "You must leave things to individual initiative in these very high speed little ships - there is no time to make signals" This remark made by Commodore Charles Le Mesurier, who commanded the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron (John Jellicoe's Own) in the Grand Fleet at Jutland, shows his forward-thinking use of 'Mission Command'. Major General Julian Thompson in his Imperial War Museum Book of The War at 1914 - 1918 uses this to introduce his chapter on Jutland. The nineteenth-century sailor's rigid response to orders has been replaced by a modern use of initiative in a new type of vessel. The Jutland Letters collected and edited here by Charles Le Mesurier's granddaughter, Harriet Bachrach, provide vivid social and political comment on the First World War. The Commodore's son, Captain E.K. Le Mesurier RN who some years later captained HMS Belfast, 1948 - 50, has written his own recollections in which he compares his training with that of his father, whose life was cut short tragically by illness in November 1917. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket.
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