Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-04

Berlin has issued no further state,
ment regarding the German losses.
which initially yere given as one
battleship, two light cruisers, and
several destroyers.
II the revised British reports are
accepted, the loss in ships was ap.
proximately as follows:
British Losses.
Three battle cruisers (Queen Mary,
Indefatigable and Invincible.)
Three armored cruisers Defense.
Black Prince and Warrior). q,
About dozen destroyers and one
submarine.
German Losses.
Two battleships (Westfalen and
POmmeron).
Two battle cruisers (unnamed).
Four light cruisers (including the
Wiesbaden, Elbind and Frauenlob).
Six destroyers and q submarine.
The British admiralty, In addition.
has admitted that the battleship Marl.
borough was struck by a torpedo, but
declares she-Was tOWed safely to port
1t denies the German claim that the
dreadnaught Warspite was sunk, d.
though conceding that she was dam.
aged by gunfire.
Germans Eiated.
The Germans are greatly elated 1t.
the outcome of the engagement In
which their main fleet, under Admiral
Scheer. met the British, whose main
fleet, they assert, also was engaged.,
That the Germans held the field after
the battle is shown, they declare, b~
the fact that the Germans picked up
survivors OF British Warships that
went down.
London officially denies that the
British grand fleet was In the action.
The battle cruiser squadron, which il
reported to have rushed between the
Germans and their base, seems to
have borne the brunt Of the fight.
Eleven British battleships eventually
went into the battle, it is admitted.
but of these several are declared to
have been only partly engaged.
Losses Heavy.
The British losses in officers was
extremely heavy, the list including
Rear Admiral Horace Hood, who went
down with his flagship, the lnvincibls:
Captain Sowerby, Of the lndefatig-
able; Captain Kay Of the 1nvincible.
and Captain Prowse, of the Queen
Mary. The total British losses are es.
timated at about 5000.
Zeppelin Driven OF.
A British admiralty official made q
statement reviewing the battle in
some detail. He declared that the
British went out looking for fight.
engaged the entire German high sea
fleet, interrupted it's plans and drove
it back to port. The Germans, he
said, sprung no surprises. Only one
Zeppelin was seen and that was driv-
en- off.
A semi.official statement issued in
Berlin declares that the Germans fac
ed the greater part of the modern
British navy, the battle cruisers. and
light cruisers beginning the engage
ment. while later both forces took
part in the attack. German torpedo
boats did notable work, Goth during
the daylight battle and during tho
night, while naval airships and aero
planes contributed greatly to the Ger.
man success, it is claimed.
Gains At verdun.
In the land fighting, the Germans
have made further progress ON the
verdun front, gaining ground on the
vaux sector, northeast Of the fortress.
and beating off French attacks. They
also scored success against British IN
Belgium, capturing heights near Vii
leeke, southeast of Ypres: The Aus.
trians claim the gaining OF additional
against the Italians In the
southern Tyrol, reporting the capture
of several positions of strategic I'm.
pOrtance.
Defeat Not 50 Bad.
The latest reports from the British
fleet, from neutral vessels which wiz
messed part of the great naval battle
in the North Sea, and from survivors,
caused the English public to believe
that the engagement was not 30 mucA
of a defeat as at first reported ana
in nowise a disaster. The losses II
all, accounted for, were: battle
cruisers, 8 cruisers and 8 destroyer.
The German losses are believed t0
have been about the same number o.
ships, although q much less aSGre,
gate of tonnage.
British naval experts maintain tha3
(Coatinued O PaSs 1Vol