It's not the Battle of the Nile, at this battle, the 16-year-old "Boy" Cornwell was commended for standing and waiting for orders after everyone else around him had been killed.
It's not the Battle of the Nile, at this battle, the 16-year-old "Boy" Cornwell was commended for standing and waiting for orders after everyone else around him had been killed. At this battle, the dying Francis Harvey became a hero by preventing a magazine full of cordite from exploding. The cautious strategy of a commander in this battle was supported by a prominent politician, who said he was "the only man on either side who could lose the war in an afternoon." A chase during this battle is called the "Run to the South." It is sometimes called the "battle of lost opportunities" because one side (*) crossed the T twice, but their opponents managed to retreat both times. Reinhard Scheer and John Jellicoe faced off in this battle, whose strategic victors were criticized for not destroying the German fleet. For 10 points, name this World War I naval battle that took place off a peninsula in the North Sea.
It's not the Battle of the Nile, at this battle, the 16-year-old "Boy" Cornwell was commended for standing and waiting for orders after everyone else around him had been killed.
Battle of Jutland [or Battle of Skagerrak; or Skagerrakschlacht] 