Beatty's reconnaissance duty after the first German withdrawal

The Jutland Scandal account identifies reconnaissance as the battlecruisers' main duty after the German withdrawal. Beatty changed course but failed to regain contact, leaving Jellicoe without a clear direction to the enemy. Beatty's dispatch cited caution about closing with an inferior force. The account challenges that justification by comparing six British battlecruisers with four German ones and stressing the British speed advantage. It argues that Beatty could have located the enemy and still retreated safely towards the battle fleet.