From the article, which otherwise was good, this line "Both nations had spent so much money on their battle-fleets that they could never bring themselves to put

From the article, which otherwise was good, this line "Both nations had spent so much money on their battle-fleets that they could never bring themselves to put them fully at risk" really doesn't capture the mindset of the antagonists. It was largely true that the Germans were determined to hold on to their fleet, which meant staying in Heligoland, and while the British were satisfied keeping the German fleet in port, they wanted the decisive battle. Despite the British fleet losing more ships in the first day at Jutland, the main reason the Germans fleet escaped was miscommunication in the British admiralty.