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by a torpedo was confirmed by pris-

by torpedo was COnhrmed by pr1S-
oners.
Several Of our ships rescued
crews. There were only two survi-
vors Of the lndefa ,isable.
con our side, the small cruiser
Wisbaden was sunk by hostile fire
during the days engagement and his
majesty's ship Pommeran during the
night by torpedo.
"The fate of his majesty's ship
Frau Enlob and some of our torpedo
boats which have not returned is un-
known.
"The high seas fleet to-day return
ed to our ports"
Brit,in's Losses Over 1000.
London, June 3.-The latest re-
ports from the British fleet, from
neutral vessels which Witnessed
parts OF the great naval battle in the
North Sea and from survivors, cause
the British public to believe that ..ie
engagement was not so near de-
feat as it first appeared and in no
wise disaster. The British losses,
with all the craft engaged account
ed for. were three battle cruisers,
three cruisers and eight destroyers.
The German losses are believed to
have been about the same number of
ships, although a much less aggre-
gate of tonnage.
British naval experts maintain
that Great Britain continues to hold
the supremacy of the sea by safe
margin, and that her enormous navy
could better afford the losses it 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 seamen, and the
whole nation is oppressed with sad
ness, which is reflected in the faces
of all the people OF London. -
There were some 5000 men on
the ships which sank. and only few
hundred have been saved. The hor-
rors Of modern naval warfare far
exceeding those when wooden ships
fought and continued to float even
when they ceased to be fighting
units, we're realized to their utmost.
From five of the largest ships which
went under. with a complement Of
more than 1000 men, only seven
junior officers and few seamen
were rescued.
Rear Admiral Horace l.. Hood.
second in command to Vice Admiral
David Beatty. and Capts. Sowerby,
Cay and Prowse we're lost with many
others. There were no surrenders.
and the ships which went down car
ried with them virtually their whole
crews. Only the Warrior, which
was towed part way from the scene
of battle to British port, was an
exception
OF some thousand men on the
Queen Mary only a corporal's guard
is accounted for. The same is true
of the Invincible. while there are no
survivors reported from the Indefat-
gable. the Defense or the Black
Prince.
(No statement OF the German
losses in officers and men have been
given out. London, however. voices
the opinion that they will be found
to have been exceedingly heavy.~
333 British Officers lost.
London. June 5.-A total Of 333
officers were killed In the JHtland
battle, according to list issued by
the admiralty to-day This list shows
that practically all the officers Of
the cruisers Queen Mary. Invincible,
Indefatigable, Defense and Black
Prince, and from the destroyers Tip
perary. Turbulent, Fortune, Ardent,
Nomad. Nestor and Shark perished.
All the officers except one from the
cruiser Warrior we're saved. and all
the officers from the destroyer Spar
row Hawk. On the other ships 23
officers were killed and 20 wounded