The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-06-08
Kaiser's War Vessels Escape
" With Small Loss.
THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST
Teutons Send Down Six Cruisers and
Five ,Destroyers Off JutIand--SeV-
eraI Reported Missing on Both IF
Sides-ZeppeIins She'll
Britons.

the war began they FLASHED off the
coast of Denmark Wednesday. The
battle that ensued was the greatest
naval engagement in the history of
the world.
For "a hours the North sea shook
with the thunder Of the battle. When
the German admiral gave the signal
to withdraw 16 units of the magnifi'
cent feet which for years has ruled
the wives for Britannia had been
sent with most of their crews to the
bottom Of the North sea.
German Losses insignificant.
The German loss was SO small as
to be, ont of all proportion to the
magnitude of the victory. Three first
class warships and a number of tor
pedo boats, the total of which has
not been ascertained, were destroyed
by the British feet.
The loss of life on both sides win
not be definitely ascertained for days,
but the number will mount into the
tens of thousands. Some of the Brit
ish ships lost their crews to the last
man, while on one only two were
saved out of total of 900.
H Admits Loss Of Eight Ships.
The British admiralty officially an
nounced that the total number OF
British destroyers lost in the naval
engagement was eight.
Among the British warships lost
were the battle cruisers Queen Mary,
Indefatigable and Invincible, and the
cruisers Defence and Black Prince.
Thu 7destroyers Tipperary, Turbulent,
Fol ne, Sparrowhawk and Ardent
alst IRE lost, while six more destroy
ersN unaccounted for. These are
the British losses as given out in
ar official statement by the British
admiralty. Berlin, however, reports
the dreadnaught Warspite, 27,500 tons,
sister ship of the famous Queen
Elizabeth, was also sunk, and that
the battleship Marlborough was dis
abled. The London admiralty admits
that the armored cruiser Warrior was
disabled.
Admiralty Reports Conflicting.
The German losses were the Pom
mern, a battleship of the pre-dread-
naught type, and the light cruisers
Frauenlob and Wiesbaden, in addition
to several torpedo beats. London
gives the German losses as one battle
cruiser, one battleship, two light
cruisers and a large number OF de-
stroyers. Berlin in it's official report
made no mention Of the loss of bat
tic cruiser, while the British admiral.
ty does not confirm the German claim
that the dreadnaught Warspite was
sunk.
The first reports of the battle came
from Berlin. After holding the de-
tails for a day, the admiralty issued
an official report, but as the extent OF
the British defeat became more ap
parent rigid censorship was imposed
Zeppelins Aid Warships.
In spectacular features the battle
was unprecedented. Practically every
type of fighting craft of the sea and
air was in action. Zeppelins, aero
planes, submarines and naval vessels
of every, class and caliber were en-
gagged in the titanic struggle. .,. d.
kaiser's Fleet in Search of Battle.
Out of the fog that enveloped the
Jutland banks. off the western coast
of Denmark, and between the Skager
Rack and Horns Reef, the German
fleet steamed slowly southwark in the
dawn OF Wednesday. 1t was the first
time in the war that the kaiser's high
seas feet had left its base in the Kiel
canal in such force, prepared for bat
tie.
British cruisers day after day have
patrolled the entrance to the German
hiding place, and for nearly two years
the cry of all England has been
when will the German feet come Out
of its hole?"
II came out of its hole Wednesday
morning, and found the British fee
unsuspecting.
A number of the Zeppelins accom-
panying the German feet were sem
out to reconnoiter. In few hour!
they flashed the word to the waiting
German admiral that the British pride
her navy, lay qufescent of the Jut
land bank.
British Are Surprised.
The German ships lost no time IL
getting under way, and ii was not We
noon when the most advanced torpedo
boat destroyer in the line of battl,
sighted the British feet on the hori
zon. The British were taken by sur
prise and before they could fire a sho
a hail of shells was dropping from tn,
sky.
While submarines ran the gauntle
OF the British destroyers and launched
their torpedoes at the great British
battleships. the Zeppelins hurled thef
bombs from midair and the torped,
boats and destroyers poured deadl'