Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-04
LOSSES IN SHIPS !.
ABOUT SAME FOR
BOTH OF NAv|ES
But Germans Suffer Less
in Aggregate of
Tonnage.
BRITAIN STILL HOLDS
SUPREMACY OF THE SEA
Engagement Not So Near Eng
lish Defeat as at First
Appeared.
CASUALTIES IN THOUSANDS
Horrors of Modern Naval War
fare Are Realized to
Utmost.

LONDON, June 3.-The latest reports
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 the enRapement
was not so near a defeat as at first
appeared, and in nowise a disaster.
The British losses. with all the craft
engaged accounted for. were three bat
Tie cruisers. three cruisers and eight
destroyers.
The German losses are believed to
nave peen about the same number OF
ships. although a much less aggregate
Of tonnage.
British naval experts maintain that
Great Britain continues to hold tho
supremacy OF the sea by a safe margin.
and that her enormous navy could bet
ter afford the losses 1t suffered than
could the smaller German establish
ment The first reports of the heavy
loss OF life, unhappily. have not been
revised. Great Britain mourns for
moro than 1000 of her best seamen.
ana the whole nation is oppressed with
sadness. which is reflected in the facas
OF all the people OF London.
There were some 5000 men on tho
ships which sank. and only a few hum
drcd have been saved. The horrors OF
modern naval warfare. far exceeding
those when wooden ships fought and
continued to float even when thew
ceased to be fighting units, were real
lied to their utmost. From five OF tho
largest ships which went under with
IL complement of more than 1000 men,
only seven Junior officers and few
seamen were rescued.
NO CASUALTY LIST
ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT
Rear-Admiral, the Honorable Horace
Lambert Hood, second in command 10
Vice-Admirai Sir David Beatty, and
Captains Sowerhy, Cay and Prowse
were lost with many others, whose
names are not yet known, because the
government has not SO far issued any
casualty list. There We're no surren-
ders. and the ships which went down
carried with them virtually their whole
crews. Only the Warrior. which was
towcd part way from the scene OF bat
tie 10 a British port was an exception.
OF some thousand men on the Queen
Mary. only a corporars guard is ac-
counted for. The same Is true of the
Invncible. while there are no survivors
reported from the Indefatigable. the
Defence or the Black Prince.
1t is impossible to visualize any CO..
herent story OF the great battle. which
lasted many hours. with the different
nits at times lighting scattered engage
ments. The British and German reports
contradict each other fatty on the main
fact The British assert that the Ger
man fleet retired when the British bat-
,leships appeared, while the German
official statement maintains that the
German forces were in battle with the
entire British fleet.
SWEEPS AREA THOROUGHLY
IN SEARCH OF SHIPS
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two divisions engaged, and that all tho
units Of these were not r Seartic!-
pate in the fightinG, eore,
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