Bisbee daily review., 1916-06-04
Say Rescued English Aboard Are Proof They Fled From Naval Action, Even British Battleships
BRITAIN STILL
 RULES THE WAVES"
Late Reports Show German Losses Heavier Than First Announced, Including Two Great Battleships
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NEW YORK, June B. Conflicting claims continue to cloud the issue of the naval battle fought off the Jutland coast on Wednesday last.
 There is no such great disparity in losses as at first appeared in the Brit ish and German reports. according to British admiralty officials, who claim that later reports show that two Ger man battle cruisers went down, while London announces the receipt of a wireless dispatch from Berlin carrying an admission from the German admir- alty that another German 'battleship ill addition to the Pommern was sunk.
 Berlin has issued no further state ment regarding the German losses, which initially were given as one bat tleship, two light cruisers and several destroyers.
 If the revised British reports are ac- cepted the losses in ships were approx imately as follows:
 BRITISH LOSSES
 Three battle cruisers Queen Mary. Indefatigable and Invincible; three armored cruisers. Defence, Black Prince and Warrior; about a dozen destroyers and one submarine.
 GERMAN LOSSES
 Two battleships, Westfalen and Pommern; two battle cruisers, un- named; four light cruisers. including the Wiesbaden. Elbing and Frauenlob; six destroyers and 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. It denies the German claim that the dreadnaught Warspite was sunk, al- though conceding that she was dam- aged by gunfire.
 GERMANY CLAIMS
 The Germans are greatly elated at the outcome of the engagement in which their main fleet under Admiral Speer met the British whose main fleet. they assert, also was engaged. That the Germans held the field after the battle is shown, they declare. by the fact that the Germans picked up survivors of British warships that went down.
 LONDON DENIES
 London officially denies that the British grand fleet was in the action. The battle cruiser squadron which is reported to have rushed between the Germans and their base. seems to have borne the brunt of the fighting. Eleven British battleships eventually went into the battle it is admitted. but of these several are declared to have been only partly engaged.
 The British losses in officers were extremely heavy. the list including Rear Admiral Horace Hood. who went down with his flagship. the lnvincible; Captain Sowerby of the Indefatigable: Captain Cay of the lnvincible and Cap tain Prowse of the Queen Mary. The total British losses are estimated at about five thousand.
 A British admiralty official made statement regarding the battle in some detail. He declared that inc British went out looking for a fight. engaged the entire German high sea fleet. interrupted its plans and drove it back to port. The Germans. he said sprang no surprises. Only one Zeppe- lin was seen, and that was driven off. and no 17 inch guns wer ein evidence.
 A semi-official statement issued in Berlin declares that the Germans faced the greater part of the modern British navy. the battle cruisers and light cruisers beginning the engage ment, while later the main forces on both sides took part in the attack. German torpedo boats did notable work both during the daylight battle and during the night. while naval air ships and aeroplanes added greatly to the German success.
 eustrians Gain The Austrians claim the gaining of additional ground against the Italians in the southern Tyrol. reporting the capture of several positions of strate- gic importance in the Arsiere region. |