Beatty and responsibility for reporting

During the hour before visual contact, Southampton alone sent the continuous information Jellicoe needed. The Fifth Battle Squadron was still in contact and two of its battleships were exchanging fire with the German lead ships, yet it sent no regular reports. Position discrepancies left Jellicoe uncertain enough to ask Beatty twice where the enemy battle fleet was before deciding how to deploy. The staff text does not explicitly condemn Beatty, but it documents a failure that affected the force as a whole rather than one isolated signal. This reading moves the question from individual omissions to command responsibility.