, 1916-06-07

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Irish question, and that the proposed Irish
Parliament will be set up Immediately, Ulster
being excluded. The Parliament, this news
paper saws, will be made up OF the present
Irish representatives in the English Parila-
ment.
The British Admiralty officially announced
ton chit that the total number OF British de-
stroyers lost in the naval engagement was
eight. The announcement adds that, of three
German battle cruisers either the "Derf-
finger or "Hutzow' was blown up, another
was seen to have been disabled and q third
to be seriously damaged. One German light
r ctuiser and six German torpedoDOat destroy
ers we've sunk and at least two more light
cruisers were disabled. The German losses
are described as serious. The announce
ment saws two German battle cruisers were
sunk and two German light cruisers were
disabled and probably sunk.
Copenhagen, June End According to the
"Politiken' a Dan sh steamer arrived to-day
(Thursday) at Friedrichshaven which had
witnessed a battle in the North Sea. the
steamer reports that yesterday "wednesday
afternoon 1910 miles off Han>tholm it was
stopped by two British torpedoboats to have
its papers examined. AT the same moment
a large German feet appeared and the Bril-
fish warships Immediately prepared for action.
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speed consisted Of FIVE large modern dread
noughts, eight cruisers and twenty torpedo
boats and destroyers. Suddenly the Germans
began firing and several hundred shells
splashed around the torpedoboats without
hitting them. The British ships went west
ward pursued by the German fleet, Al five
O'Clock the cannonade was renewed and con
tinued until 8 o'clock in the evening. The
Zeppelins were scene going at high speed
norjhward to the scene of battle.
London, June 2nd-An additional Official
communication just issued says: Since the
foregoing communication was issued a FUR
Their report has been received from the Com
mander-in-C Chief of the Grand Fleet stating
that it has now been ascertained that our
total loss in destroyers amounted to eight
boats in all. The Commander-in-Chie also
reports that it is now possible to form q closer
estimate of the losses and the damage sus-
tanned by the enemy feet. One dreadnought
battleship of the Kaiser class was blown
up in an attack by British destroyers, and an
other dreadnought battleship of the Kaiser
class is believed to have been sunk by
guu-fre. Of three German cruisers, two
OF which it was believed were the "Dert1in-
GER and the "Lutzow", one was blown up
and another was heavily engaged by our
Battle Fleet and was seen to be disabled
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seriously damaged. One German light
cruiser and six German destroyers were
sunk, and at least two more German light
cruisers were seen to be disabled. Further
repeated hits were observed on three 9TH
er German battleships that were engaged.
Finally a German submarine was rammed
and sank.
London, June 2nd.--The admitted losses
by the Germans may be safely multiplied by
three, but all the newspapers this morning
agreed it would be folly to minimize the seri-
BUSINESS of the news, yet they direct atten-
ton 10 the fact that at the worst only sew
enteen armoured vessels out of q total OF
207 have been destroyed, and that the check
was due to the British offensive to tempt the
enemy's High Sea Fleet out to fight. Ad-
miral Beatty commanded the Battle Cruiser
Squadron.
Copenhagen June 2nd.-The "Nationel
Tidende" says that last night ten German
torpedoboat destroyers passed through the
Little Belt from the north going very slowly.
The newspaper adds that a torpedoboat
badly damaged is lying off Lyngvig Fry near
Ringkjobing, western Denmark, just north OF
the Horn.
London, June 3rd-Six Zeppelins partici-
ooL.l =. H. c,,ol ~ off the COAST