Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-05
Admiralty Issues Statement
Giving Lie to BerIin'S Ac-
count Of Recent Naval En-
gagenent,
TEUTONS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN ROUTED
British Report Declares Main
Body Of Kings Fleet Soon
Compelled Foe to Seek
Refuge.

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London. June 1.-The British ad-
miralty tonight issued n statement
saying there was the strongest
ground for belief that the British
navy in the battle with the Germans
off Jutiand last "Wednesday had ae-
counted for total of eighteen Ger
man men Of war. and that there
was nothing to add to or subtract
from the original announcement OF
the British losses.
The statement gave the German
losses as two battleships, two dread
nought battle cruisers, four light
cruisers, nine torpedo boat destroy
ers and submarine
Pcssimism Lcsscnel.
The pessimism which prevailed as
a result OF the admiralty's original
statement of losses which now Is con-
sidered to have been needlessly cam
did and conservative IN underesti-
mating the extent of the German
losses as compared with those of
Great Britain, has been greatly les
sened by the latest statement.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
rumors are current in Hamburg that
two additional German warships than
those announced In the German COM
tion--the battlcship Westfalen
and the battle cruiser Lutzow---were
sunk IN the battle. A wireless dis
patch received here Saturday from
Berlin said the German admiralty
admitted the loss Of the Westfalen.
~Ass Tantons's lsossra Gpatcr-
The admiralty statement declares
that the German losses In the fight
were not only relatively, but abso-
lntely greater than those Of the
British. Maintaining Its practice of
caution, the admiralty still refrains
from giving the names of the lost
German ships.
The official list of the casualties
among officers shows that hardly a
single officer of the line escaped
from the British cruisers sunk in the
battle. An additional casualty list
of petty Officers shows that forty
three were saved from the Queen
Mary, Invncible, Fortunate, Ardent
ana Shark. None was saved from
the lndefatgable. Defence. Black
Prince Tipperay, Turbulent. Nomad
or Ncstor.
ne ilSl blNtS tnt HdiUeS OF sixty
five men killed aboard the Warrior
and of twenty-seven men wounded.
on the other ships engaged in the
tight. lis men We're killed and S5
Admlralty's Only Fault.
Admiral Lord Beresford In an in
tervlew today, while contending
strongly for the view that there was
FOL Ia h.. rtt fol,
md that Vice Admiral Beatty won a
brilliant success though It was dear
ly 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 II, with i'm
pudent fabricatons Otherwise.
said Lord Beresford. no fault can he
'ound with the admiralty
London, June "A statement is-
iued tonight by the British admiralty,
'onfirming previous accounts of the
lattlc between the British and Ger
nan fleets reiterates that the German
accounts of the German losses are
alse, and that although the evidence
8 still incomplete enough Is known to
ustify stating that the German
osses were greater than tho British,
not merely relatively TO the
trength of the two fleets. but abso-
utely."
Tcut0ns' Losses Heavy.
There is the strongest ground for
the statement says, that the
ierman losses include two battleships,
wo drcadnaught battle cruisers of the
most powerful type, and two of the
attest light cruisers. in addition to
mailer craft, including submarine.
The text of the statement follows:
Until the commander in chief has
lad time to consult the officers en-
ragged and write q full dispatch, any
attempt to give a detailed history of
he naval engagement which begin ON
he afternoon of May 81, and ended
n the morning hours OF the first OF
lune. would evidently he premature
Tut the results are quite plain.
Details of Action.
THE grand fleet came In touch
With the German high seas fleet at
i 30 on the afternoon of May 81 The
eading ships OF the two fleets car
led on a vigorous fight, in which the
'attlc cruisers. fast battleships ana
ubsidary craft all took an active
art
THE losses were severe on both
ides but when the main body of the
british fleet came into contact with
he German high seas fleet very
rief period sufficed TO compel the
after, who had been severely punish
Il, 70 seek refuge in their protected
'aters. This maneuver was rendered
ossible by low visibility and mist and
Though the grand fleet were now
nd then able To get in momentary
ontact with their opponents. no con-
nuOus action was possible.
Britons Pursue Foes.
"They continued the pursuit until
he light had wholly failed. while tho
british destroyers were able to make
successful attack upon the enemy.
nring the night.
Meanwhile, Admiral Sir John Jel.