Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-03

LONDON, June 2.-Picking it's way
from its base in the kiel Canal the
German High Sea Fleet on Wednesday
afternoon emerged into the North Sea
and off the coast OF Jutland engaged a.
British fleet through the afternoon and
night in what probably was the great-s
est naval battle in the worlds history,
so far as tonnage engaged and tonnage
destroyed was concerned.
When the battle ended Great Britain
had lost the battle cruisers Queen
Mary, lndefatigable and Invincible, the
cruisers Defense. Black Prince and War
rior. and eight torpedo boat destroyers,
while the German battleship Pomm ern3
had been sent to the bottom by a tor
pedo. and the cruiser Wiesbaden sunk
by the british guniire. In addition sew
eral German torpedo craft were miss
ing. and the small cruiser Frauenloeb
had last been seen badly listed and was
believed to have gone TO the bottom.
These losses have all been admitted by
Great Britain and Germany.
Aside from Great Britain's conceded
losses, Germany claims that the Brit
ish battleshin Warspite, sister ship OF
the Queen Elizabeth, and one OF the
largest ano most powerful ships afoat,
had been sunk, that the battleship
Marlborough, vessel of $4,000 tons,
had been hit by a torpedo. and sub
marine had been destroyed.
GREAT BRITAIN ADDS
TO GERMAN ADMISSIONS
Great Britain also added to Ger
many's acknowledged losses with the
claim that one Dreadnought of the
German Kaiser class-vessels OF 2.7oOi
tons and carrying a complement OF
LOSS men-had been destroyed by Brit:
ism torpedo craft. that another battle
snip OF the same class was believed to
have been sunk by gunnre, that ona
battle cruiser had been blown up. and
Two others damaged. and that r. sub!
marine also had been sent to the
bottom. 525
Great Britain's admitted loss in tom
mage was l1i.S10 for the six battle
cruisers and cruisers. That OF Ger
many, excluding the tonnage of the.
"iesbaden' Of which vessel there is no
record. was 15.7lc
'Iutland were heavy Is Indicated by
the fact that OF the crew of some 1000
on board the Indcfatigable, only two
men are known TO have been saved,
fuil details OF the fight. in which Zep-!
pehns are declared to have taken part.
are being gathered by the British ad-
miralty and pending their receipt the
censor is Withholding permission to
correspondents to send out stories from
London. *
Great Britain and Germany again
have met at sea- and Germany appar-.
entity. SO far rs the details have been
made known. was the victor. At tho
bottom of the North Sea off tha uvaots
coast OF Northern Denmark. lie at least
three British battle cruisers. three.
cruisers and eight torpedo boats, and
the German battleship Pommern and
Two small German cruisers and a mum.
her Of German torpedo craft
Great Britain admits the loss of bat
tie cruisers and cruisers with a tom
mage OF ll4,Slo--represented by tho
battle cruisers Queen Mary, IrdefatIt,.s
able and Invincible, and the cruisers
Defence. Black Prince and Warrior
Germany's losses. In addition to the
Pommern. We're the Wiesbaden and
frauenioeb both the latter small cruts-
ers. and several torpedo boats, The
Germans claim In addition TO tho adj,
mitted losses OF Great Britain. that the
british battleship Warspite OF tilss
largest type in the British navy, W d q
sunk, that the battieship Marlborougfis
was hit by torpedo, and that two
cruisers OF the Achilles type ttse warsS
rior Is OF this class and one subrsia.a 3
rine were sent to the bottom.
The British admiralty adds 10 Ma
ooHesdsd losses by Germany ~ {, E
nouShta OF the Kaiser lsss- ysssst1;