The Green Forest tribune., 1916-06-09

London.-The British public was given painful shock when the ad- miralty gave out a statement that in a naval battle in the North Sea the British battle cruiser fleet met the German fleet, with the result that three British battle cruisers were sunk, together with three cruisers and several oestroyers, while six destroy CTS were still unaccounted for.
 The Indefatigable, the Invincible and the Queen Mary were the battie cruisers sent to the bottom by the Germans. The cruisers Defence, Black Prince and Warrior also were lost The Warrior first was reported disabled, but subsequently it was an nounced that she had to be abandoned by her crew.
 The German fleets losses are stated to have been serious, but no very defl- nite information of these losses is af- forded. One battle cruiser is declared to have been destroyed and another severely damaged, while the belief is expressed that a large number of Ger man destroyers were disposed of.
 Following quickly upon the admiral ty announcement came the German of ficial version of the fight, which III general confirmed the British account, but carried the claim Lat the battle ship Watersprite also was sunk ana other British battleships damaged.
 The German losses, according to the German version of the battle, were the small cruiser Wiesbaden, sunk by gun fire, and the warship Pommern by a torpedo, while the cruiser Frauenlob and number of torpedo boats are missing.
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 From advices thus far received. It would appear that the greatest naval battle of history has occurred. Never before have two naval forces of such magnitude as the British and German high seas fleets engaged in combat. But apparently the battle was not fought out to a point to determine mastery of the seas, for the losses, serious as they are reported to have been, will not yitally impair the strength of either fleet.
 The scene of battle was in the eastern waters of the North Sea. is probable the German fleet was or one of the excursions into the Nortf Sea which it has taken from time tt time during the war, and met, Whethe or not by design, with the Brit1sl
 feet
 Skagerak is an arm of the North Se
 between Norway and Denmark. Tn
 point referred to in the official Germa
 statement as Horn Riff probably i ] the reef off the horn, on the southwest
 ern extremity of Denmark. This wouI indicate that the battle was fought O the coast of Denmark.
 News of the engagement was hel back by the British authorities, poss bly, pending the return home Of tn fleet and the first word received tte battle came by wireless from Be lin.
 The loss of life in the engagefnel \ must have been extremely heavy. TT battle cruiser Indefatigable, for I stance. from which the German admi | atty reports only two men were save | probably had more than 900 on boar
 and others of the vessels sunk carrie complements of men equally or near
 as large.
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