Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-04
Six British Cruisers and Eight
Large German WarshlpS
Were Sunk, English OFF,
ciaIS State.
TEUT0NS EXULT OVER
OUTCOME OF STRUGGLE
Fact That KaiSer's Ships
Picked Up Surviving Foes
Regarded as Proof Of Real
Victory,
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p" laims continue to cloud
~ -sde of ,-ae naval battle fought
off off, the I0'laF9 coast on Wednesday
There is no such great disparity in
losses as first appeared in the British
and German reports, according to
British admiralty officials, VINO
claim that later reports show that two
German battle cruisers went down,
while London announces the receipt
iof a wireless dispatch from Berlin
carrying an admission from the Ger
man admiralty that another German
battleship. in addition to the Pom
mern, was sunk.
Berlin has issued no further state
ment regarding the German losses
which initially were given as one
battleship, two light cruisers and sew
eral destroyers.
British Losses.
If the revised British reports are
accepted, the losses in ships were ap-
proximately as follows:
Three battle cruisers (Queen
Mary. mdefatigable and Invincible),
three armored cruisers, tDefence,
Black Prince and WARRIOR; about a
dozen destroyers and one submarine.
Germans Lost Battieships.
| Germans: Two bauleships tWest-
fallen and Pommern. two battle
cruisers (unnamed); four light cruis-
ers 0ncluding the Wiesbaden, Elbing
land Frauenloh1; six destroyer&a a
submarine.
The British admiralty. in addition,
has admitted that the battleship
Marlborough was struck by torpedo,
but declares she was towed safely to
port. II denies the German claim
that the dreadnaught Warspite was
sunk, although conceding that she
was damaged by gunfire.
Teutons EIated.
The Germans are greatly elated at
the outcome of the engagement In
which their main fleet under Admiral
Scheer met the British, whose main
fleet, they assert, also was engaged.
That the Germans held the field after
the battle is shown, they declare, by
the fact that Germans picked up sur
iVivors of British warships that went
down.
| London officially denies that the
British grand fleet was in the action.
The battle cruiser squadron which is
reported to have rushed between the
Germans and their base, seems to
have borne the brunt of the fighting.
Eleven British hattleships eventually
went into the battle, it is admitted,
but of these several are declared to
have been only partly engaged.
! Many Officers Dead.
| The British losses in officers were
Extremely heavy. the list including
Rear Admiral Horace Hood, who went
down with his flagship. the lnvinci-
BILE. Captain Sowerby, of the Indefat-
igahle; Captain Cay, of the lnvincible,
and Captain Prowse. of the Queen
Mary. The total British losses are es-
! timated at about 5000.
A British admiralty official made
a statement regarding the battle in
some detail He declared that the
! British went out looking for a fight,
| engaged the entire German sea fleet,
interrupted its plans and drove it
back to port. The Germans, he said,
sprang no surprises. only one Zeppe-
! lin was seen, and that was driven off,
and no 17-inch guns were in evi-
dence.
Whole Navy Engaged.
| A semi official statement issued in
/ Berlin declares that the Germans
faced the greater part of the modern
British navy, the battle cruisers and
light cruisers beginning the engage
ment, while later the main forces on
both sides took part in the attack.
German torpedo boats did notable
work both during the daylight battle
and during the night, while naval air
ships and aeroplanes contributed
greatly to the German success. it Is
claimed,
In the land fighting the Germans
have made further progress on the
Verdnn front, gaining ground in the
Vaux sector northeast of the fortress
land beating off French counter-at-
tacks They also secured Il success
against the British in Belgium, cap
turing heights near Ziliebeke, south
east of Ypres. The Austrians claim
the gaining of additional ground
against the Italians in southern Tyrol,
reporting the capture Of several posi-
Itions Of strategic importance in the