The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-02
Berlin Announces Sinking of
Nine Battleships of England.
Germans Admit Several of
Their Own Boats Were Lost.
BATTLE OF A DAY AND NIGHT
TeutOnS Assert English Fleet
Was in Superior Force.
Crews of Sunken Vessels Were
Rescued by Kaisermen.
LONDON ANNOUNCES LOSSES
Greatest Naval Engagement of
the European War.
In Channel Connecting North
and Baltic Seas.
LONDON Announces LOSSES
Greatest Naval Engagement of
the European War.
In Channel Connecting North
and Baltic Seas.

Berlin, June 2.-An engage
ment between the German high
seas fleet and the main part of
the British fighting fleet in
which more than eight British
vessels were destroyed and many
badly damaged was announced
in an admiralty statement today.
British Superior Force.
The admiralty statement under date
of June 1 said:
During an enterprise directed
northward, our highseas fleet on May
81 encountered the main part of the
English fighting fleet which was con-
siderably superior to our forces
During the afternoon, between
Skagerak and Horn Riffal, news of
heavy engagement developed which
was successful for US and continued
also during the night.
In this engagement, as far as
known until now, we destroyed the
large battleship Warspite. the battle
cruisers Queen Mary and Indefatig-
of the Achilles type one small cruiser,
new flagships of the destroyers Tur-
bant and Nestore and Alcoster and
a number of torpedo destroyers and
one submarine.
Suffered Heavy Damage.
BY observation. it is clear and is
free to objection, it was stated, that
a large number of British battleships
suffered heavy damage from the fire
of our ships and the attacks of our
torpedo boat flotillas during an en-
gagement which lasted the entire day
and all night.
Among others of the large British
ships, the batueship Marlborough was
hit by a torpedo. This is confirmed
by prisoners.
several of our ships rescued parts
of the crews of the sunken British
ships. Among these were two sur
vivors of the Indefatigable.
German Losses.
Among our losses was the small
cruiser Wiesbaden, which was sunk
by British gun fire during the day en-
gasement and II. M S Pommern.
which was sunk during the night en-
gasement by a British torpedo boat.
The fate of H. NJ. S Frauenlab. is
as yet undetermined and there is a
possibility this boat has been lost to-
gether with number of torpedo boats
which have not yet reported and
whose fate is not unknown
The high seas fleet returned to its
base today.
English Admit Losses.
London, June 2.-The British ad-
miralty announced today that a bat
tie had occurred in the North sea be-
tween German and English in course
OF which number of German war
ships were sunk.
The British battle cruisers Queen
Mary and Indefatisable and the bat
teshlp 1nvincible were sunk
The cruisers Defence and Black
prince also were sunk and the cruiser
Warrior was disa bIed
German Losses Serious?
The announcement says two Ger
man battle cruisers were sunk and
two German light cruisers were dis
abled and probably sunk.
The British destroyers Tipperarv
Turbulent, Fortune. Sparrow Hawk
and Ardent. were lost and six others
nave not yet been accounted for. The
admiralty announcement SAYS no brit
ish battleships or light cruisers were
sunk.