The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-04
Admirals Hood and Arbuthnot
Went Down " it'll heir
Ships in North Sea Battle
ENTIRE BRITISH MAIN
FLEET lin ACTION
Line Ships Were allied by
Beatty to his ASH ia. CO
When He Got Tangled in q
Nest ef Mines

London, June 3.--Between 5000
and 1000 lives were lost in the naval
battle in the North Sea, the greatest
in the worlds history.
OF this loss the British sustained
5000. The German loss is variousty
estimated at between 5000 and s.u0V
lives Two British rear adnirais--
Hood and Arbuthnot--went down
with their ships. 1t is estimated that
$50 warships were engaged in TINS .
titanic struggle.
British official statements admit tbs
loss of fourteen ships, with total
tonnage OF $4,000. These inctuds
three battle cruisers. three armored
cruisers and eight destroyers.
The British claim the Germans lost
fourteen ships-two battleships five
cruisers. six destroyers and torpedo
boat Not including two cruis~rA
VIII are unidentified. the total ton-
mac Of the German ships lost was
! 40 lis. German estimates OF the ff*it.
ish tonnage DESTROYED rIace II at 1a3-.
1 900 tons. while the Gerrnrs af@ssN
/ the loss of ships totaling % SEQ tors.
| According to wireless dispasrh
/ which has been picked up herc.~ tsf0
/ German admiralty admits the loss Ut
/ the battfeship Weetphaler.
! Main Fleet Engaged
dov was the admission OF the British
/ admiralty that the entire Rrit'sh n,asr
! fleet was engaged In the battle. sd
mira1 Beatty. in command Of 'hf
| cruiser squadron. had arpa"7ntlv been
! led into n field OF mire.. Pis call eor
help was answered ,N- Admiral Jel-
/ leo with the main feet
! The statement OF the british al.
miraltv today SAYS:
The British loss In men was v~rv
/ large. owinr to the fact that three
British battle cruisers blew up from
! interior explosions.
/ "Subm9 rincs took pert IN hath
sides The Prittsh shin Ma-'horo"rf
rot irto n nest OF submarine tornado 80.
She dodgnd three OF them hut wns ','t
bv a fourth; hu- desp'te The d@ss>T ~
J inflicted. the Marlborough was able
/ to make port. N
Admiral Beatty's call for hen wa
sent to the British main feet. ar4
brought Admiral Jellico and IN ,'r-
known number Of british hattleships
; to the scene. Tho main battle then
ensued, with British hatfleshi's ~ AZ.
rect engagements with German h~t-
misunderstanding against dre~a-
naught. During this part of the hs.t-
tie the Germans lost two dreadnaugh.s
and the British mono.
! Admiral Beatty was then forced
to retrace his course to the omen sea.
Thus the situation developed. with
the Germa" hattleships and hattla
cruiser fighting against British batt!9
cruisers.
When Admiral Beatty endeavore
to cut off the Germans from retreat.
he discovered the feet of German hat
! tleships on his left where they had
been hiding behind German BATHS
cruisers in mist.
/ Germans Had No Surprises.
| AT this stage of the battle the Brit.
! ish were outnumbered by the Ger
mans. The Germans had no surprised.
/ There were no 17-inch guns In evi-
dence. There was only one Zeppelin.
being the L-24, and this was injured
and retired. NN
| Thus, the four phases were COM
/ prised--frst. OF Admiral Beatty's az
tempt to cut off the Germans: secora.
his forced retirement to the open sea
nv appearance of the German battse-
ships. when tre British were outr,.rf-
bered for a time: third. the arrival
OF the main British fleet unde- Nd
miral Jelico, when 1t became d-eas-
naught against dreadnaught: enS.
fourth. a retirement of the Gerns@r
feet in tho face of tho British attaek.
Reports were circulated here tn1sv
that the sunerdreadraught Hirdrn-
burg, the newest addition to the r.
man feet. was among the ships de-
stroved In the great engagement. ~
indication of tho tremendous losses IN i
r,en Is indicated when 1t In consideref
at least $50 officers and rer w~-t
down with the Queen Mary. tho ~rert
British battle cruise- 500 on the rs
defatigable. ard $50 zach IN 49,
Black Prince and Invincible. On tbs
latter ship Rear Admiral Hood w.est
TO death with his men. or the crew
Of the BLACK Prince -nniy Ave MN-as
saved--the captain. lieutenant and
three men.
| Fully 7s5 men sank with the ns-S
Tense. including Rear Admiral Arbuths
no. whose flagship she was.
| The highest estimate OF GerneN
| losses is based on statements made
by neutral seamen who witnessed tho
battle and who are arriving at ScaASa
dinavian ports. II the HirdenhuE0
was destroyed. at least 1000 na4
| went down with her. Neutral seaHattS
report that ut least twenty Gerna9JE
destroyers were sunk. sss sSsa
| Wnrxrltc Safe. s%Z
The admiralty today set n re- il u
fears for the fate OF the Mnp<F6e1G
naught Warspite. which the DER Z
tcia4mod TO have sunk. and III & :
naught NariborOugh Which &l1l