New Britain herald., 1916-07-07

close up brought the British fleet, which commenced action in an ad- vantageous position on the Germans bow, to a quarterly bearing from the German battle line, but placed Vice Admiral Jelicoe between the Ger mans and their bases.
 The German vessels were entirely out of the fight at g o'clock, says the report. The threat of destroyer at tacks during the rapidly approaching darkness made it necessary to dispose the fleet with a view to it's safety, while providing for a renewal of ac ton at daylight. Vice-Admiral Jelli- COG maneuvered the fleet so as to re- main between the Germans and their bases, placing fotillas of destroyers where they could protect the fleet and attack the heavy German ships.
 Concluding his account of the bat tie, Vice-Admral Jellicoe wrote:
 At daylight on the first of June the battle fleet, being southward of Horn reef, turned northward in search of the enemy vessels and for the purpose of collecting our own cruisers and torpedo boat destroyers. The visibility early on the first of June was three to four miles less than on May 31, and the torpedo boat de- StTOyeTS, DelnS out OI NlSudl IouCi1, did not rejoin the fleet until a. m.
 The British fleet remained in the proximity of the battlefield and near the line of approach to German ports until II a. m. in spite of the disad- vantage of long distances from fleet bases and the danger incurred in waters adjacent to the enemy's coasts from submarines and torpedo craft.
 "The enemy, however, made no sign, and I was reluctantly com pelled to the conclusion that the high sea fleet had returned into port. Subsequent events proved this as- sumption to have been correct. Our position must have been known to the enemy. as, at 4 a. m. the fleet engaged a Zeppelin about five minutes, during which time she had ample opportun ity to note and subsequently, report the position and course of the British fleet.
 Pick Up Survivors.
 "The waters from the latitude of Horn reef to the scene of action were thoroughly searched and some sur vivors from the destroyers Ardent, Fortune and Tipperary were picked up. The Sparrow Hawk, which had been in collision, was no longer sea- worthy and was sunk after the crew was taken off. A large amount of wreckage was seen, but no enemy ships, and at 1:15, it being evident that the German fleet had succeeded in returning to port, our course was shaped for our bases, which were reached without further incident on Friday, the 2d of June.
 The cruiser squadron was de- tached to search for the Warrior, which had been abandoned while in tow of the Engandine on the way to the base, owing to bad weather set ting in and the vessel becoming un- seaworthy. No trace of her was dis covered, and further subsequent search by the light cruiser squadron having failed to locate her, it was evident she had foundered.
 The fleet was fuelled, replenshed it's ammunition, and at 9:30 D. m., on the 2d of June, was reported ready for further action.''
 Two estimates of the total tonnage lost by the Germans in the battle have been made by British officials. The more conservative one, who in cluded in his list only vessels "seen to sink and based his estimate on the theory that the battleships sunk were of the oldest dreadnOught type, gives the German tonnage lost as 109,220, as compared with a British loss Tn tonnage of 112,350. He concludes that the Germans lost two battleships of the dreadnought type of 1S,9OO tons each; one of the Deutschland type, of 13,2OO tons; the battle cruiser Lutzow, of 28,O0O tons; five cruisers of the Rostock type, making a total of 24,5O0 tons for this etype; six de- stroyers, aggregating 4,920 tons, and one submarine of 800 tons.
 The more liberal estimate places the German loss at HIPPO tons, as follows:
 One dreadnought of the Kronprinz