Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-06-07
Britain MoIuns loss $1,000 Seanen
Loss Of Life in Great Naval Battle Of harsh
Sea was Frighttu|.

ports from the British Hees, from
netnral vessels which witnessed
parts of the great naval battle 10
the North Sea and from survivors,
cause the British public to believe
that the engsgsmelt was not 30
near defeat as at first appeared.
and in no wise a disaster. The
British losses. with all the craft
engaged accounted for, were three
battle cruisers, thres cruisers and
eight destroyers.
The German losses are believed
to have been about b same
number Of ships, although much
less aggregate of tonnage. British
naval experts maintain that Great
Britain continues TO hold the SUI
premaoy of the sea by safe mar
gin and that her enormous navy
could better afford the losses suf-
fered than could the smaller Ger
man establishment. The first re-
| ports of the heavy loss of life. un-
| happily, have not been revised.
Great Britain mourns for more
than 1000 Of her best seamsn,
| and the whole nation 10 oppressed
| With sadness, which Is reflected in
5hs facss of all the people of Lon
don.
There were some 5000 men on
the ships which sank. and only
few hundred have been saved.
The horrors o f modern naval
| warfare. far exceeding those when
| wooden ships fought and continu-
| cd to float even when they ceased
so be fighting units, were realized
TO their utmost. From five of
| she largest ships which went IN.
| der with a complement of more
| than 1000 men, only seven junior
| officers and g few. seamen were
| rescued.
/ Rear Admiral The Honorable
uoracs Lambert I 200, second IN
command TO Vlce.Admiial Sir
| David Beatty, and Captains Sow
erby, Cay AID Provide were lost
with many Others, whose names
| are not yet known because the
government has Aot so far issued
any casually list. There wtre no
| surrsnders, and the ships which
won't down carried with them viz
tually their whole crews. Only
the Warrior, which was toAed
part way from the scene of battle
to British pers, was an excsp.
tion.
Of some thousand men on the
Queen Mary, only a corporaps
guard is accounted for. The same
10 true of Invinccble, while there
are no survivors reported from
Indefatigable, the Defense or the
| Black Prince.
London, June "A statements
issued tonigh by the British Ad-
miralty, confirming previous &C.
counts of the b a t o between
British and German fleets, reiter
ates that the German accounts of
German losses are false, and that
although she evidence is still in
complete, enough is known to jus.
tlfy stating that the German loss.
ss were greater than the British
mot merely relatively to the
strength Of the two fleets but alb
zolutely."
There is the strongest ground
for believing, says the statement,
that the German losses include
two dreadnaught battle cruisers
of the most powerful type and
two of the latest light cruisers in
addition to smaller craft, includ-
ing a submarine.
The text of the statement fol-
lows:
Until the commanders in chief
has had time to consult the officers
engaged and write a full dispatch
any astempt to give detailed his
tory of + h naval engagement
which began on the afternocn of
the twenty.third of May and end.
ed in the morning hours of the
first of June, would evidently be
premature. But the results are
quite plain.
1.-THE grand feet came in touch
with the German fleet at $3.50 on
the afternoon Of May 81. The
leading ships of two fleets carried
out vicious battle in which the
battle cruisers. fast battleships
and subsidiary craft all took an
ootivo mart