The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-06

with greater completeness, the
feeling of disappointment which
accompanied the receipt of the
6rst news, when the German
4 claims of victory had their effect
. is changed to one Of qualification
that the British ships were able
engage a superior enemy and
drive him back to the cover OF
his coast defenses.
The temperance Of the super
dreadnought .Warspite and the
. battleship Marlborough in port
, after the battle, although sorely
wounded, give substantial CON
tradiction to the original German
claims that these ships had been
sunk, while German admissions
Of further substantial losses than
those at first announced add still
I further to the British satisfaction.
Loss In Capital Ships
!, The British lost three capital
ships, according to the revised
reports. These are the battle
Z cruisers Queen Mary, Indefatig
!, able and Invincible.
The Germans lost four capital
= ships, the dreadnought Westfa-
len, of 1890 tons, carrying 963
men; the hattleshiP Pommern and
y two battlecruisers, believed to
have been the powerful DeFfflinger and
I,utEow, the newest and most powerful
Z Of the German fleet, each of 5000 tons.
3 Cruisers Destroyed
n To cruisers the British loss three to
the Germans four, the British, boats
having the greater tonnage. The ad-
4 Diralty lists show the Defense, Black
Prince and Warrior lost. The German
/ four are the Wiesbaden, the Elbing and
the Frausnlob and one other.
The British claim that the Frauenlob
. was. sunk was substantiated yesterday
when a tug reached the Hook of Hol.
;aRd with tn. eight survivors Of the
j, crew Of $50 which the cruiser carried
! into the fight. The Germans admit
Z now also the loss of the Elbing, a new
light cruiser, but claim to have destroy.
" ed her themselves. This craft was dis
/, ahled and unable to keep her place in
the line. To prevent her falling into
British hands she was blown up, none
n Of the crew being lost.
Torpedo Crafts Gone
The British lost eaviest in torpedo
= crafts, eight of these being missing, as
20 compared to the six lost by the Ger.
70 mans.
Each side in the battle lost sub,
! marine,
The Germans. however, lost two of
their six Zeppelins which had been en-
gagged in the battle.
Loss Of Life Heavy
The loss Of life on both sides was
heavy. The British loss in drowned is
more than four thousand, from five
ships that were sunk the only survivors
being seven junior officers and a few
aeamen.' Rear Admiral Hood, whose
flag was flown by the Invincible, went
: down with that ship, as did also it,
commander, Captain Prowse. Captain
Sowerby of the Queen Mary, former
naval attache at Washington; Captain
l. Cay Of the Indefatigable and Captain
ProwE of the Invincible are amongst
I the dead.
There were no surrGnders on the part
Of the British and each ship as sht
n was sunk carried down with her into
the depths her entire crew, with the ex
oeption of the cruiser Warrior, from
which the greater number of officer
and men were rescued. Nearly thOus
and were drowned when the Queer
Mary settled and sank and there wer,
no Survivors of all those aboard tn,
Invineible, interchangeable, Defense ant
"A Black Prince. No casualty lists hav,
ms yet been issued
0erman Losses Colossal
A despatch from Cope nhagen yester
day afternoon says that the Germa,
torped o.boat No 2S was sunk, an,
that the three survivors report tina
the crew of 4 hundred were lost. AS
whole, says the report the German loss
es were colossal
~ An Amsterdam despatch says that 81
~ German destToyers were sunk, and tina
"A n damaged cruiser was lowed into Kie
IL Is estimated that one hundred an
Z fifty vessels were engaged in the bat
III tie.
! The admiralty admits that the battle
ship Marlborough was hit by a torped
and damaged, but wac brought safel
10 port, while the Warspite, althoug
hit by German shells and damaged
will soon be again in servieeable cOnd
Z ton.
Berlin Claims Much
", The Berlin official reports up to La
night continued to, claim the sinkin
y, Of the Warspite. The Berlin report
reiterate that they held the field aft,
the battle and that the British retire,
X poiDtiDg out that some survivors of tt
AZ destroyed British ships were picked II
Y by German, crafts and presenting tn
n ~ evidence of their claim.
The admiralty reports stat" that II
4 British went hunting for the Germu