The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-03
LOSS Of LIFE May
Be TEN THOUSAND
IN TWO SQuAORONS
lnvincible, Queen Mary and Ir.
defatigable Notable Craft
Sunk in North Sea Bate
GERMAN LOSS is
COMPARATIVELY LIGHT
British Admiralty Reports Ger
man Loss One Dreadnaught.
One Battle Cruiser. and
Some Small Cre Fl

London, June 2.-Thc British
admiralty tonight admits dercat
by n poi ton of the German high
sea fleet in the first great naval
engagement of the war
In IA tremendous battle OFF the
coast of Jutland on May 81 tho
Germans sank fourteen British
warships, three battle cruisers
the Inyincibie. Queen Mary and
Observation-Disclosures light cruis-
crs and eight des,troycrs.
The German admiralty Claims
the additional loss of the dread
naught Warspite, but Ut IA late
hour the British admiralty dccs
not include tho Ncs >ci in its lis.
of losses.
The British report mentions tho
t2h cruiser Warrior. not yet
claimed ny tho Germans.
The German losses are the bat
tic cruiser Dclfilin2cr. the pre-
drcadnaught Pommcrcn, thr
sr'ail cruisers fraulicnsob AMI
Wiesbadcn and several dcstroycrs.
Zeppeiins took part I'm the con-
hict, which RACED during the az
tcrnoon of "Wednesday and until
tavhrcak on Thursday. ss..--. as
Tonight there are no estimates
OF the loss oil life. The British
ships lost were manned by approx
imatcly 1000 men. More than
1000 men were aboard the Ger
man vessels put dCwn.
Ninety Millions Worth of Ships.
The British ships lost cost approx.
mately 100000 900 to build: the Ger.
man ships. $50. 600 0oo
At IL o'clock tonight the British
censor refused To pass further ac-
counts of the battle.
fhe british admiralty has issued
the following official report:
From further report from the
commander -in-chicf of the grand fleet,
the admiralty ascortaius that our total
losses IN dcstroycrs were eight
The comma nder-in- chief reports
that ii Is now possible 80 form a
closer estimate OF the losses and dam
age suffered by tho enemy fleet
Great Battlcsaip Blown Up.
"A dreadnaught battleship of tho
Kaiser class was blown up in an at
tack by British destroyers and an.
other dreadnaught OF the battleship
Kaiser class is believed to have been
sunk ny gunfife.
"Of three German battle cruisers,
two of which. it is believed were the
Derfflinger and I.utzow. one was
blown up; another which was heavily
engaged by the battle feet was seen
TO ne disabled and stopped. Tho third
vas observed 20 bn seriously da mayed
"A German light cruiser and six
&c man uest oyrrs were sunk, and al
least two German light cruisers were
seen disa bed
The commandcr-in-ch further
reports that repeated hits were OBJ
served on three other German battle
ships that were engaged.
The report adds that a German
submarine was rammed and sunk"
Rumors that an important naval
battle had been fought brought great
crowds into the streets early today.
Expectations of victory were dis
PEELED by tonight's Official announces
ment
From the meager details which
have filtered through from Holland
and Denmark, II is evident that both
fleets had been in the district where
the hattie was fol.sat since early Wed
nesday morning.
Apparently the Germans opened the
battle. The m 'st reliable report
states that patrols OF the German
feet sighted two British destroyers
which had stopped to examine the
paper of a neutral vessel. and, unseen
DS tne BTlliSH SHIPS, ruS..ed back to
the main German squadron.
The Germans came upon the two
destroyers still engaged with the metz
trail vessel and Immediately opened
fire. The destroyers in turn FASTENED
to their own squadron. which came
rushing to the scene.
Long Range Battle Ensucs.
The two squadrons. steaminz Al
full speed. came within range of each
other somewhere between the Skag-
erak and Horn Riff. Both fleets i'm
m ediately brought their big guns into
action and long range battle OF
extreme violence ensued. 1t Is be-
lieved tonight that most OF the heavy
ships lost were sunk or fatally dis
abfed during this daylight battle.
At least two Zeppelins appeared
over the battle area during the late
afternoon and are reported to have
taken an important part in the action.
they sank any Of the Britain
ships IL not known.
Darkness found the fleets still man-
euvering and firing. Night brought
a luli In the long range duel and
shifted the brunt OF the battle to the
smaller vessels. The German cruieeg
Frauleinloh was destroyed by : torpedo
probably fired under cover Of dark
ness. az was the British battlsahiy
Marlborough. sT
Though no mention II made e ~
proximity Of the 6rfttsh htuA -