New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-03
London Admits Sinking of Three
Battle Cruisers, Queen Mary,
Indefatigable and InvinCible.
2 GERMAN DREADNOUGHTS
ARE SUNK, SAYS LONDON
Battle Believed to Have Occurred i'm Fog or
in Mine Field-Germans Lost
Destroyers, British s.

London June 2-Pickng its way from its base in TIE Ke
Canal the German high feet Wednesday afternoon
emerged the North Sea and off the coast of uand
gagged British throughout the afternoon and night in
what probably the greatest naval battle in the worlds his
tory tonnage engaged and tonnage destroyed
cerned
When the battle ended
Great Britain had Queen Mary
deatigabe Invincbe Defence Prince
eight torpedo boat desroyers while the Ge-
battleshp Pommern had been sent to the bottom by o'
pedo and the cruiser Wesbaden sunk by the British gunre
addition several German torpedo craft missing and
the small cruiser Fauenob had last been badly listed and
believed to have gone to the bottom These losses have
all been admitted by Great Britain and Germany.
Claim German Dreadnought Sunk
Aside from Great Brtans conceded losses Germany claims
that the British batteshp Warpe sister ship of the Queen
Elizabeth and of the largest and powerful ships aoa
had been sunk that the bateshp Marlborough vessel of
$4,000 ons had been hit by torpedo and submarine had
been destroyed.
Britain also added Gemanys acknowledged losses
the claim that dreadnought of the class
vessels of 240O and carrying complement of oSS
had been attacked and destroyed by British torpedo craft
that another batteshp of the class believed
been sunk by gunre that bateruiser had been blown
sent to the bottom.
One Zeppelin Badly Damaged
Six Zeppelns participated in the naval engagement off the
coast of Juand Wednesday, according to dispatch from
penhagen to Ihe Daily Mall One of the dirgbes the LA
hit several times and badly damaged the report says
she able to reach the Schleswg after escape
Several of her wounded and all of her supplies had to
be thrown overheard.
dispatch the same source declares is generally
stated in Berlin that the activity of the German fleet due
the energetic demands of Emperor William to his brother
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia commandernchief of te
navy, and Admiral Capee Minister of the Navy the
Emperor's visit last week to Wilhelmshaven.
Great Brtan's admitted loss in tonnage 14810 for
battecrusers cruisers That of Germany excuo
the tonnage of the Webaden Of which vessel there
record 15712 The tonnage Of the capital ships sunk b.
the Japanese their fight with the Russians in the battle Of
Tsushma in May, 1906 aggregated $4,000 Twentyone Rus
craft destroyed this fight including six bateshps
and four cruisers The remainder of the sunken craft
prsed defence and special vessels and torpedo
boats.
Ships Suffer Heavy Casualties.
That the casualties in the fighting off Jutand heavy
indicated by the fact that of the of board
the interchangeable only two known have saved
Full details of the fight in which Zeppens are declared have
taken part being gathered by the British Admiralty and
pending their receipt the Withholding permission to
correspondents to send out stories from London.
No greater CONSERVATION has been caused since the begin
ming of the than that aroused by the special editions
the evening papers they spread through Of the
End this afternoon The only redeemng feature
ranness of the Admiralty in admitting the of the
British losses.
British Withhold Reports.
To prevent the circulation of iounded regard
ing the battle the Press Bureau at IL o'clock last nigh issued
the following statement:
Owing to the lack of information unable to pass
various accounts the battle that being submitted
by the Admiralty, doubt will possess tulcr