German and British reviews draw opposing gunnery lessons

Once Blücher was overwhelmed, the two navies drew sharply different gunnery lessons from the action. German analysis emphasized improving accuracy and producing more hits. Beatty and his staff instead favored a higher rate of fire, even though the British hit percentage had been poor. At a three- or four-percent hit rate, firing more shells would still leave aim and observation weak. Slower, more deliberate fire might have increased the number of hits rather than merely multiplying misses.