Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-03
Teuton Officials Highly Sat-
isfed With Victory in
the North Sea.
WARSPITE NOT SUNK R
London Admiralty Denies
Loss of Giant Graft
England in Gloom.

London, June 3, (11:10 a.
m. The admiralty received
a report today to the effect
that Captain Prowse, COM
mander of the Queen Mary
and the entire personnel of
that battle cruiser were lost.
According to estimates here,
which in the absence of Official
figures can only be conjectured,
the British losses in men must be
somewhere in the neighborhood of
1000. 1t is similarly estimated
that the German losses were at
least between 1000 and 5000 men.
No attempt is made here to min.
imize the seriousness OF the Brit
ish losses in ships and men and
that according to present infor.
nation the German fleet had the
best of the action. Strong hopes
are entertained, however, that
later reports may minimize the
seriousness of this British naval
setback.
The greatest regret is felt here
over the loss of the battlecruiser
Queen Mary, which was one Of the
show ships Of the British navy.
She was only completed at Jar.
row in 1918. Her crew numbered
about 1000 men. The other
cruisers were older vessels.
The British admiralty stated
today that the battIeship Marl-
borough was hit by torpedo, but
was tOwed safely to port
The dreadnOught Warspite was
damaged by gunfire, the admir-.
atty added, but escaped torpedoes.
The German dreadnOught West.
fallen of 1860 tons has been add.
ed to the steadily growing list OF
vessels sunk in the great naval
engagement off the Jutland coast
according to wireless dispatch
from Berlin which says the Ger
man admiralty admits the loss OF
this warship.
Additions earlier in the day
were the German cruiser Elbing,
dispIacing between 1000 and 5000
tons, and the British destroyer
Shark. Nearly all the men who
manned the destroyer were lost.
Berlin, June 3, (by wireless from
staff correspondent of the Associated
Press, via Sayville, n. Y.)-The first
naval battle on a grand scale during
the present war has been attended by
results which, according to the infor.
nation received here, are highly sat
isfactory to the Germans, not only In
respect of the comparative losses oil
the two fleets but in the fact that the
Germans maintained the field after the
battle. This is shown, German COM
mentators assert, by the rescue OF Brit
ish survivors.
The full German high seas feet was
engaged under personal command oil
Vice Admiral Scheer, the energetic
German commander who succeeded Ad-
miral Won Pohl. The British feet is
now estimated at approximately twice
as strong in guns and ships as that
under Admiral Scheer.
Battle Near Norway.
Detailed reports have not yet been
received but the main engagement ap-
parently occurred about l25 miles
southwest of the southern extremity oil
Norway and $50 miles off the Danish
coast. The battle was divided into two
sections. The day engagement begar
at about O'Clock in the afternoon anC
continued until darkness, or about
O'Clock. This was followed by a serie
of separate engagements through tn,
night
The exact ranges and course of tn,
day fight have not been ascertained
1t is assumed the ranges of the day en-
gagement were not extreme, possibl
at distance of about eight miles 4
the weather was hazy.
The German torpedo boats and de
stroyers were. more effective than tn
British, accounting to a considerabl
extent for the successes for the Ger
mans against an overwhelmingly su
perior force. 1t is understood tn
Queen Mary and the interchangeable wer'
both sunk in the day battle. 1t ma
not been learned when the Warsplt'
and the other British warships wen