Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-06-09
GERMAN FLEET
wins BIZ; VICTORY
Sinks II British Wars5Ips II
the North Sea.
FEW SURVIVORS FICKED /
Conflict Between Grand Sea Flee:
Ragged for IfourS-The O@icia! state
ments Conflicting.

The Grand fleets Of Germany ant
Great Britain at last have met II
battle, and the sea warriors OF the
kaiser have won a great victory.
After months If sea and scout duty
the two vast naval fionting forces mel
II combat in the North sea Ill inc
waters Off Jutland on Nay 81, arc
after an engagement lasting many
hours more than a score OF flGnilne
craft had been sent to the bottom.
ReDcrts from LondCn ami Berlin
conflict as to the number o. ships ae
stroyed on each side, but there Is ne
denying that the British were the
heaviest losers in the battle.
IrudGn re ut2s tie CAIN OF u5hl
losses by the Germans aad says one
German battle cruiser was destroyer
and one seriously dana 5ed; one fat
tleship sunk and two light cruiser de
stroyed ana a number Of de5trJyers
sent to the bottom.
There were comparatively few sur
yivors and reports say only small rum
bers Of German and British OF GERS
and men had been picked up and were
being taken into pert.
The British craft sunk and admlttec
by the British admiralty follows: Bat
tie cruisers Queen Mary, lnv1nclD.e
and lnde!atigable. Cruisers Warrior
Defense and Black Prince. Destroy
crs Tipperary, Turbulent, Fortune
Sparrowhawk and Ardent.
The British admiralty la.er announc
cd that eight British destroyers were
lost.
The announcement adds that OF the
three German battle cruisers, ethel
the Derflinger or LutzoW was blown
up, another was seen to have been
disabled and third to be seriously
damaged.
The German losses as announced IL
Berlin are: Battleship Pomnern, cruis
ers Weisbaden and Frauenlob. SeV
eral destroyers.
The British Statement.
The text of the British admiralty
announcement follows:
con the afternoon of Wednesday
the 3lst of May. naval engagement
took rlace off the coast OF Jutland. the
British ships on which the brunt o
the lighting fell were the battle cruls
er feet, and some cruisers and light
cruisers, supported by four fast bat
tlesnips. Among these the losses were
heavy. The German battle feet, aided
by low visibility, avoided prolonged
action without main forces. AS soon
as they appeared on the scene the enc
my returned to port, though not be-
fore receiving severe damage from
our battleships.
"rhe battle cruisers QGeen Mary
Indefatigable and Invincible and the
cruisers Defense and Black Prince
were sunk. The Warrior was dis2b ed
and after being towed fer some time
had 10 be abandoned b. her crew. l.
is also known that the destroyers TIP
perary, Turbulant, Fortune, Sparrow
hawk and Ardent were lost and SIX
others are not yet accounted for. Nc
British battleships or light cruisers
were sunk.
"The enemy's losses were serious
At least one battle cruiser was de
stroyed and one was severely can2@
ed. One battleship is reg0r ed to ha"'
been sunk by cur destrcye.s. DuEii:
the night attack two ,ig' cru'.c
were disabled and probably sunk. tn
exact number of enemy d2;:c yrs i
posed of during the ac ic1 a1Got /
ascertained with any C2"t2l ity, IL
must have been large"
A despatch from RGt:cT m to th
Reuters Telegram com: aay r2r>rt"
the tugboat Sc4e,de cntariE3 The Ne
Waterway with dead AMI wounGe
men from the naval bate. 4 SEA
trawler also was reported CT thc w
to Ymuiden with fifteen. re csc. CO.
mans, including three officers.
The German admiralty statement a:
so declares taat the Dri.i5 b .tt!esa:p
Marlborough was hit BY to.D2!o, thi:
being confirned by the prisoners res
cued. Several Of the German ship
rescued parts Of tie crews t h brit
!sh ships which were sark, they i'll
Guiding, it is said, two mG1 r-m tht
Indefatigable, the only survivors fr,m
that ship.
On the German side the small crni*
er Nlesbaden was sunk by zyrfir.', and
the Pommern was sent to tie Bottom
by a torpedo. Tie fate Ct tie FraH
enlob is not known ana se"aT,:i rce
do boats did not return. Tie German
high sea fleet, the statement adds. re
turned to port June /.
Admiral Hebbing,iaus, Firect"r Of!
the admiralty, tcld the Reicastag thai
the british torpedo bo2t .o:sas were
greater than had first been reported
AT least three of the destroyer fsi!,a
fagships, said Admiral He5bin EIaua
and line or ten other dest1oycrs hal
been sunk. Of these the ba,tleslit
Westfallen alone sank six.
The German battleship Pommern
was sunk by torpedo, the a"mir1I
continued, and the Wiesbaden by ar
tillery. The Frauenlob was last scel
by German destroyer in night ell
counter, with a heavy list, and Tic
a1miral said it WAS assumed size het
been sunk.
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