The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-05

 London, June 1.-The British admiralty tonight issued a statement saying there were the strongest grounds for the belief that the British navy in the battle with the Germans off Jutland last week had accounted for a total of IS German men of war and that there was nothing to add to or subtract from the original an- nouncement of the British losses. The statement gave the German losses as two battleships, two dreadnaught bat tie cruisers, four light cruisers, nine torpedo at-destroyers and submarine. The pessimisrn, which prevailed as result of the admiralty's original state ment of losses, which now is considered to have been needlessly candid and con- servative in under-estimating the extent of the German losses as compared with those of Great Britain, has been greatly lessened by the latest statement.
 MORE LOSSES RUMORED A dispatch from Copenhagen says ru- mors are current in Hamburg that two additional German warships than those announced in the German communication the battleship Westfalen and the battle cruiser Lutzow-were sunk in the naval battle. A wireless dispatch received here Saturday from Berlin said the German admiralty admitted the loss of the West falen.
 The admiralty statement tonight de- clares that the German losses in the fight were not only relatively, but absolutely greater than those of the British. Main- taining it's practice of caution, the ad- miralty still refrains from giving the names of the lost German ships. The officail list of the casualties among officers shows that hardly a single of ficer of the line escaped from the British cruisers sunk in the battle. An addi- tional casualty list of petty officers shows that 43 of them were saved from the Queen Mary, Invincible Fortune, Ardent and Shark. None was saved from the Indefatigable, Defence, Black Prince, Tipperary, Turbulent, Nomad or Nestor.
 HEAVY LOSS IN MEN
 The list gives the names of 65 men killed aboard the Warrior and of 27 men wounded. On the other ships engaged in the fight 1l5 men were killed and S5 wounded.
 Admiral Lord Beresford, in an inter- view today, while contending strongly for the view that there was no failure in the British strategy and that Vice Admiral Beatty won a brilliant success, though it was dearly bought. declares that the only mistake made was by the admiralty in allowing the Germans to get first in the field with the news of the battle, or as he puts it. with ''im- pudent fabrications." Otherwise, said Lord Beresford no fault can be found with the admiralty.
 THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT
 The text of the statement follows:
 Until the commander in chief has had time to consult the officers en- gagged and write full dispatch, any at- tempt to give detailed history of the naval gSgement which began on the afternoon of May 31 and ended in the morning hours of June 1, Would evil dently be premature. But the results are quite plain.
 The grand fleet came in touch with the German high seas fleet at S:S0 on the afternoon of May 31. The leading ships of the two fleets carried on viz orous fight in which the battle criusers, fast battleships and subsidiary craft all took an active part.
 "The losses were severe on both sides, but when the main body of the British fleet came into contact with the German high seas fleet, very brief period sufficed to compel the lat ter, who had been severely punished, to seek refuge in their protected waters. This maneuver was rendered. possi- ble by low visibility and mist. and all though the grand fleet were now and then able to get momentary con tact with their opponents. no continu- ous action was possible.
 "They continued the pursuit until the light had wholly failed. while the
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