Arizona republican., 1916-06-03
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 kinsGom. All the London evening pa pers rushed special editions into the streets, and the presses were still turn ing out papers at 10 o'clock at night, although virtually nothing was being printed beyond the bare official an mound CementS.
 As an indication of the rapidity with which the British newspapers and tel cS1aph work wten a great occasion arises, it may be stated that the news of the naval battle reached Cardiff and Edinburgh two minutes after it was gwen out at the press bureau and the newspapers of those two cities were displaying it to the public a few min utes lGter In London copies of the official statement appeared as if by ms gic in shop windows, clubs, theater Cbbles, hotels and restaurants. while huge posters put out by the evening newspapers stared the populace in the face at every street corner.
 The attitude of the public for the most part was of astoniShment The view had apparently been general that the German fleet would not risk a full fledged engagement. Thous- apds of those who bought special editions of the newspapers in the streets had friends or relatives in the big fleet and there were inn meditely many anxious inquiries. A considerable crowd gathered at the admiralty headquarters hoping for some more definite news, but official sources yielded nothing be- yond the brief bulletins. Nothing except the battle was talked of in the hotels street cars and cafes. It was remarkable how the feeling of con fidence in the great British fleet kept it's hold on the populace despite the undeniably heavy losses chonicled in | the official accounts of the fight. Everywhere the talk was not so much of the loss as of confidence in 1 the future and a determination to l prepare to carry on the struggle against Germany with increased 1 force.
 ! After rumors had been flying about all day that naval battle had Oc- l cured in the North Sea, the British
 public was given news by the admir-
 alty this evening that will send a
 painful shock throughout the country.
 According to the admiralty an-
 nouneement, in an engagement off i Jutland on Wednesday afternoon the British battle cruiser fleet met a German fleet with the result that three British battle cruisers were sunk, together with three cruisers
 and several destroyers, while six
 destroyers were still unaccounted fol The text of the admiralty an
 nouncment follows:
 On the afternoon of Wednesday the 3lst of May a naval engagement t ~Nl< ~'"on off the coast of Jutlapd
 The British ships on which the
 brunt of the fighting fell were the
 Battle cruiser fleet and some cruisers
 and light cruisers, supported by foul i, fast battleships.
 Among these the losses were heav! , The German battle fleet, aided bl , low visibility avoided a prolonged action with our main forces. A soon as they appeared on the seem the enemy returned to port, thougl
 not before receiving severe damag from our battleships.
 Three battle cruisers, Queen Mary : Indefatigable and Invincible and tn l cruisers Defence and Black Prime
 were sunk The Warrior was dis l abled and after being lowed for som 5 time had to be abandoned by he 3 crew. It is also known that tn e destroyers Tipperary, Turbulent For e tune. SparroWhawk and Ardent wer