Bisbee daily review., 1916-06-04
Late Reports Confirm Germa- ny's Decisive Victory In North Sea Battle, But Her Losses Were Severe
TEUTONS STRUCK
 AND RAN AWAY
Zeppelins Aided Them, Being The Only New Method In Modern Warfare. Ports mouth In Mourning
tBy Review Leasce Wire.l

LONDON. June 3.-rhe latest re ports from the Britis hfrom neautral vessels which witnessed parts of the great naval battle in the North Sea and from sources along the coast. be- lieve the engagement was notas near a defeat as was at first reported and in ID wise a disaster. The British losses with all the craft engaged ..- counted iol, were three battle cfuis- CTS, three cruisers and eight destroy CTS.
 The German losses are believed to have been about the same number of ships, although of much less asere- 1 gate to tJnnage.
 British naval experts maintlil that Great Britain continues to hold the supreme command of the sea oy a safe margin and that her enormous navy could better afford the losses it suffered than could the smaller Ger man establishment. The first reports Of the heavy losses of lives unhappily have not been revised. Great Britain mourls for mere than 1000 of her best seamen and the whole nation is oppr ressed with sadness which is de | picted in the faces of all the people of London. There were some 5000 men on the ships that sank and only few were reported as saved. From five of the largest ships which went under with a complement of more than 4600 men. only seven officers and few men were saved
 There were no surrenders. and the ships which went down carried with them virtually the whole crews. Only the Warrior, which ,was lowed part way from the sceneg of the battle to a British port was sn exception. Nearly All Lost.
 Of some thousand men of the Queen ! Mary, only corporal's guard is ac- counted for. The same is true of the Invincible. while there are Io surviv- ors reported from the Indefatigable, Defense or the Black Prince. It is impossible to visualize any competent story of the great battle, which lasted many hours. with the definite units at times in the fighting employed scattered engagements. The British and German reports contradict each other fiatly on the main fact The British assert that the German fleet retired when the British battle ships appeared, while the German of. ficial statements maintains that the German forces were in battle with the entire British fleet
 Germans Flee.
 The British assert that they had only two divisions engaged and that all the units of these wene not able to participate in the fighting and furthermore that Admiral Sir iI3hr Jellicoe. commander of the Crane Fleet. remained in the area of the bat tie after the Germans had retreated and swept it thoroughly in search of enemy ships and survivors.
 The Kings message to Admiral Jellicoe states that the Germans lob bed the British of the opportunity of gaining a decisive victory immediately after the opening of the battle. Ad miral Jellicoe was again in the thick of the action. Every arm of the mod ern naval warfare was employed battleships, battle cruisers. torpedo boat destroyers. submarines and even Zeppelins.
 Same Methods.
 Whether most of the destruction was accomplished by gunfire or tor pedoeS is not yet known. British of ficers say that the battle was fought by the methods known and practiced by all navies. There were no surpris- es and no new devices of weapons or strategy.
 How far the Zeppelins contributed to the German success is matter os dispute. Only one airship came with in sight. according to the British ac- counts and she was soon badly dam aged and withdrew But the Ger mans lav strees upon the assistance rendered by their air service and neutrals report the presence of six Zeppelns in the North Sea. The popular belief among the British pub lis is that scouting Zeppelins kept the German fleet informed by wireless of the approach of their enemy and of his numbers and formation.
 From survivors come thrilling stor ies of the horrors and humanities of the terrible battle. The British de stIDyer Shark acted as decny to lure the German shiDs into the en- gagement She was battered to pieces by gun fire. and half dozen sailors picked uD clinging to a buoy by a Danish shin. tell that her commander and two seamen were serving her only remaining gun till the last min rte when the commanders leg was blown of.
 Game to the End
 There are stories of shin sinking with great explosion. of crews so-
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