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North Sea Fight Included En-
lire High Seas Fleets Of
Two Nations, With JelEco
and Scherr in Command

London. June 3.-Developments
today clearly showed that the entire
British and German high seas fleets
were engaged on Wednesday in the
greatest naval battle IN the history
of the world.
Sir John JellIcoe, In supreme COM
mand OF the British naval forces.
directed the English fight. with Vice.
Admiral scherr. Germany's supreme
power on the seas. heading the
kaiser's armada.
Against more than l5 British ships
which were sent to the bottom. Ger
man losses were hardly half as large,
but the English found satisfaction
today when It was learned that Jelli-
|coe and his dreadnaughts had faced
the enemy. that not . ship Of the first
powerful line was lost and that the
German dreadnaughts were forced to
return to their base.
1t is not estimated that more than
5000 British oflcers and men wen,
down with their ships. Rear Admir-,
ais Hood and Arbuthnot were lost
Rear Admiral Beatty. hero Of the
fight which resulted In the sinking Of
the Bleucher. was the first British
commander in action. and was all
but trapped by the Germans. His
cruiser squadron endeavored to cut
lotf what appeared to be only q Ger.
man cruiser fleet from its base. Blu,
lurking behind the cruisers and low
hanging mists was the German battle
feet Of dreadnaughts and super
dreadnaughts.
Beatty could only retreat. but not
before the heavy German guns we're
able to do deadly execution.
His cruisers and destroyers we're
shattered by the heavy fire and with
Beatty signalling for help. Sir John
Jellicoe. England's guardian OF the
sea. headed his feet OF super
dreadnaughts to the rescue.
Then came the battle Of ages. With
dreadnaught against dreadnaught,
battleship against battleship and
cruiser against cruiser, the guns OF
the mighty sea forces belched forth
their fire. Not a British dread
naught was lost. The German state
ment OF the sinking Of the Warspite
is offlcially denied.
From mid-afternoon until dark
ness began to fall, the main battle
ragged. At $50 In the evening the
finish OF the encounter Of the big
ships came, All during the fight
torpedo boats and submarines had
been used for small sallies. but with
the fall OF darkness came the real
struggle for the smaller craft.
Like infantrymen In land fighting,
these small boats made desperate
charges against the lines OF their
enemy. Eight British destroyers
were lost. The Germans lost six.
II was declared at the admiralty
today that In the German torpedo
boat charges not one torpedo scored
a hit. After Jellicoe arrived and
the torpedo attacks were completed.
the Germans withdrew.
Jellicoe remained on the scene OF
battle during the remainder OF the
night, On Thursday morning. when
there remained nothing to fire at, he
returned to the British coast, Most
OF the lighting was at a range OF
from Ave to six miles, VI
y II was established this afternoon
that despite his encounter with the
fun strength OF the German feet and
his narrow escape. Admiral Beatty
has returned safely to port,
AT the admiralty II Is considered
the British deet fully showed Its
superiority to the Germans. EN-
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