, 1916-06-07

North sea battle naQ reached New YOlk,lnG
first statement of the British Admiralty
arrived by cable. A section of a cable mes
sage, the first part of which was delayed in
transmission, that the known British de-
~stroyers lost included the "TippArary", the
Turbulent, the Fortune, the sparrow
hawk and the "ArdenI". This list was the
first enumeration by name of small British
craft lost in the engagement. The Queen
Mary, the interchangeable" and the "Invin-
cible'', battle cruisers, and the cruisers
ssDefence", and "Black Prince" were su1k,
according to the British Admiralty announce
ment.
London. June 2nd-According to the Adj
miraIty, the British Fleet consisted of the
cruiser feet, consisting of battle cruisers
and light cruisers supported by the battleships
and fotillas of destroyers, a torpedoboat aud
submarine.
London, June 2nd-The latest Official bull
letin at 8 O'Clock tonight states that at least
one German battle cruiser is known to have
been sunk and one severely damaged. adj
vices also state that q Zeppelin feet coope-
rated with The German Naval forces and
worked heavy execution among the British
vessels.
Berlin, June 2nd-The German Admiralty
statement says: During the afternoon OF
May 31st between Skaggerrack and Hornritf
a heavy engagement developed, which was
successful for us and which continued during
the whole night. In this engagement, so far
as is known up to the present, there were
destroyed by US the large battleship FtWar-
spite ard the battle cruisers '"Queen
Mary" and "Indefatigable", two armoured
cruisers apparently of the Achilles type,
one small cruiser, a flagship of the destroy
ers, the ''Turbulent', 'Nestor" and "Acas-
ta", a large number of torpedoboat Destroy
ers and one submarine. BY observation
which was free and clear Of objects it was
stated that o large number Of English
battleships suffered damage from our ships,
and the attacks of our torpedoboat fotilla
during the day engagement and through
out the night. Among others the bat
tleship marlborough" was hit by q torpedo.
This was confirmed by prisoners. Several
of our ships rescued parts of the crews OF
the sunken English ships, among them be-
ing two and the only survivors of the Inde-
fatigable. On our side the small cruiser
'Wiesbaden' by hostile gun-fre during the
day engagement and His Majesty's ship
"Pommern' during the night as the result
of q torpedo were sunk. The fate OF His
Maiesty's ship "Prauenlob, which is miss
ing, and of some torpedoboats which have
not returned yet, is unknown. The High
Sea feet returned to-day Thursday into
our port. Nothing has been received from
British sources.
London, June 2nd-The text of the Adj
miralty announcement follows 0 the
afternoon of Wednesday May 31st. A Ma
val engagement took place off the coast of
Jutland. The British ships on which the
brunt of the fighting fell were the battle
cruiser fleet and some cruisers supported
by four fast battleships. Among these the
losses were heavy. The German battlefield
aided by low visibility, avoided a prolonged
action with oar main forces. As soon as
these appeared on the scene, the enemy
returned to port, though not before re-
ceiving severe damage from our battle
ships The battlecrufsers "Queen Mary
"Indefatigable" and ''Invincible, p and cruis-
ers Defence and "Black Prince were sunk.
The "Warrior' was disabled and after being
towed for some time, had to be abandoned by
her crew. It is also known that the destroy
ers .sTipperary", turbulent Fortune,
"Sparrowhawk' and Arden" were lost, and
6 Others are not yet accounted for. No British
battleships or light cruisers were sunk. The
enemy losses were serious. At least one bat
tlecruiser was destroyed and one was severe
ly damaged. One battleship is reported to
have been sunk by our destroyerF. During