The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-06-03
BRITISH LOSE
ELEVEN WARSHIPS
SIGNAL VICTORY FOR GERMANS
IN THE NORTH SEA.
THOUSANDS MEN PERISH
TWO OF BRITISH BATTLESHIPS
SUNK COST $4,000, 900.

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London, June 3.-The British ad
miralty confirms the reports of the
naval battle i'm the North sea.
The British battle cruisers Queen
Mary and Indefatigable and the bat
tleship Invincible were sunk.
The cruisers Defense, Warrior and
Black Prince also were sunk The
German losses are described as Sc
rious.
The announcement says two Ger
man battle cruisers were sunk and
two German light cruisers were dis
abled and probably sunk.
In addition to the Queen Mary, In
defatigable. Invincible, Defense and
Black Prince. the losses are admitted
Of the destroyers Tipperary. Turbu
lent. Fortune. Sparrow Hawk and
Ardent and six others have not been
accounted for.
Although the number of dead is
not announced. it is believed thou
sands Of sailors perished in the bat
tie Crews Of the British ships sunk,
exclusive of the Turbulent and Tip
perary, number 6.952 men
News of the British losses caused
a feeling of pessimism throughout
the British capital Demands were
heard from all sides that the British
fleet launch a great reprisal attack
against the Teutons.
Berlin. June 3.-In the greatest
naval engagement of the war the
German high seas fleet met the main
part of the British fighting fleet and
more than eight British vessels were
destroyed and many badly damaged
the admiralty announced in an of
fetal statement.
The engagement. which occurred
between the Skagerrack and Horn
Riffal, May 81, ragged all afternoon
and the entire night Loss of sew
eral German warshirs is admitted.
Zeppelins cooperated with the Ger
man fleet.
This was the first naval battle of
the war in which the entire German
high seas fleet participated.
News of the victory caused an out
burst of rejoicing throughout Ger
many without parallel since the out
break OF the war
The large British battleship War
spite. the battle cruisers Queen Mary
and Indefatigable. and two armored
cruisers were destroyed.
The German admiralty further
says:
During an enterprise directed
northward. our high seas fleet on
May 81 encountered the main part of
the English fighting fleet, which was
considerably superior to our forces.
During the afternoon, between Skag-
errak and Horn Riffal, news of a
heavy engagement developed which
was successful for us and continued
also during the night.
I'm this engagement, as far as
known until now. we destroyed the
large batteship Warspite, the battle
cruisers Queen Mary and Indefati-
gable, two armored cruisers, appar-
emily of the Achilles type, one small
cruiser, new flagships Of the de-
stroyer Turbant and Nestore and Al
cester. a number of torpedo destroy
ers and one submarine.
by observation, which it is clear
is free to objection, it is stated that
large number Of British battleships
suffered heavy damage from the fire
of our ships and the attacks of our
torpedo boat flotillas during an en-
gagement which lasted during the
entire day and all night.
Among others of the large Brit
ish ships, the battleship Marlborough
was hit by a torpedo. This is con-
firmed by prisoners.
Several of our ships rescued parts
OF the crews Of the sunken British
ships. Among those rescued were
two survivors of the Indefatigable.
Among our losses was the small
cruiser Wiesbaden which was sunk
by British gunfire during the day
engagement and his majesty's ship
Pommern, which wa& sunk during
the night engagement by a British
torpedo boat.
"The fate of his majesty's ship
Flauenlob Is as yet undetermined
and there is a possibility that this
boat has been lost together with a
number of torpedo boats which have
not yet reported, and whose fate is
unknown.
THE high seas fleet returned to
it's base today"
The Queen Mary and the Indefati-
gable both were British battle cruis-
ers of $4,000 and 1880 tons dis