Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-04
German Losses Said to Be
Equal in Number Of Ships,
but Much Smaller in Ton
mage,
FOUR THOUSAND
SAILORS DROWNED
Among Dead Are One Rear
Admiral and Three Cap
tains, No Surrenders Are
Reported,


London, June 3.--The latest reports
from the British fleet from neutral
vessels which witnessed parts OF tho
great naval battle In the North sea.
and from survivors, cause the British
public to believe the engagement was
not so near q defeat as NJ first report
ed and in no wise q disaster. The
British losses with all the craft en-
gagged accounted for were three battle
cruisers, three cruisers and eight de.
stroyers.
The German losses are believed TO
have been about the same number or
ships. although of much less ag-
grcgate of tonnage.
Stin Commands sea.
British naval experts maintain that
Great Britain continues TO hold tho
supreme command OF the sea by
safe margin and that her enormous
navy could better afford the losses IL
suffered than could the smaller Ger
man establishment The first reports
of the heavy loss of life nnhappily
have not been revised. Great Britain
mourns for more than 1000 of her
best seamcn and the whole nation ~
oppressed with sadness, which is re-
flectod in the faces OF all the people
OF London.
There were some 5000 men on the
and continued TO float even when they
ceased to he fighting units, were real
tied to their Utmost, From five OF
che largest ships whiah vent under
ships which sank, and only It few
hundred have been saved The hor-
rors of modern warfare. far exceed
ing those when wooden ships fought
More Than 1000 Lost.
with a complement of more than A.
600 men. only seven junior officers
and few seamen were rescued.
Rear Admiral the Hon. Horace
Lambert Hood, second In command
10 Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty. aud
Captains Sowerby. Cay and Prowse
were lost, with many others whose
names are not yet known, because
tho government has not so far issued
any casualty list There We're no
surrenders and the ships which went
down carried with them virtually tho
whole crews,
Disabled Ship Escapes.
only the Warrior, which was lowed
part way from the scene of battle TO
a British port was an exception.
OF some thousand men on tho
Queen Mary. only a corporal's guard
is accounted for. The Same is true
OF the Invlncible, while there are no
survivors reported from the lndefa-
tgable, the Defense or the Black
Prince.
II Is impossible to visualize any
coherent story Of the great battle.
which lasted many hours, with the
different units Ut times OF the fight
ing scattered engagements. The Brit
ish and German reports contradict
each other fatty on the main fact.
The British assert that tho German
fleet retired when the British battle
shipa appeared, while the German Of
fetal statement maintains that the
German forces were In battle with tho
entire British fleet.
Only Two Divisions.
The British assert that they had
only two divisions engaged and that
all the units Of these were not able to
participate in the fighting, and, fur
thermore. that Admiral Sir John Jel-
licoe commander of the grand fleet.
remained IN the area Of the battle
after the Gernans had retrentcd and
awept it thoroughly in search OF en-
emy ships and survivors.
The kings message to Admiral
Jelllcoe states that tho Germans
robbed the British OF the opportunity
of gaining a decisive victory immedi-
ately after the opening of the gem
eral battle. Admiral Beatty. COM
manding the battleship squadron. pre-
sumably on his old flagship, the Lion.
was again in the thick of the action.
Every arm OF tie modern naval war
fare was employed-~battleshi bait
tie cruisers, torpedo boats. destroyers.
submarines, and even 2eppelins.
Whether most Of the destruction was
accomplished by gunfire or torpedoes
is not yet known British officers
say that tho battle was fought by tho
methods known and practiced by all
navies. There were no surprises and
no new devices of Weapons or stra-
tegy.
Zeppclins as scouts.
How far the Zeppelins contributed
to the German success Is a matter
Of dispute. only one airshlp came
within sight. according to the British
accounts. and she was soon badly
damaged and withdrew But the Ger
mans lay stress ON the assistance rem
dered by their air service and neutrals
report the presence of six zeppelins
in the North sea. The popular belief
among the British public is that
scouting zeppelins kept the German
fleet informed by wireless Of the ap-