New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
Losses Include Two BattleShipS,
Two DreadnOught Cruisers and
Four Light Cruisers.
HINDENBURG REPORTEDSUNk
SEYDLITZ BADLY DAMAGED
New Details of Terrific Encounter Fail to
Minimize Great BritainS Casualties Among
Officers and Men of Ill-Fated Craft.

London June 4-The British Admiralty tonight issued
statement saying the strongest grounds for the
belief that the British navy the battle with the Germans of
Juand week had accounted for total of eighteen German
enofwa and that there nothing to add subtract
from the original announcement of the British losses
statement gave the German losses two batteships
dreadnough battle cruisers four light cruisers nine tor
pedo boat destroyers and submarine.
British losses, according to the Admiralty were three
three light cruisers and eight deroyers max
ing total of fourteen.
Berlin claims besides these the sinking of British dread
nought and two destroyers.
The Germans admit the loss Of eleven warshps.
The pessmsm which prevailed result of the Admi-
rays original statement Of losses which is considered to
have been needessy candid and conservative in underestimate
ing the of the German losses compared with those of
Great Britain has been greatly essened by the latest statement
Declares Lutzow Was Sunk
dispatch from Copenhagen says in
Hamburg that additional German warshps than those
nounced in the German communcationhe batteshp West
fallen and the battle cruiser Lutzow-were sunk in the battle
wireless dispatch received here Saturday from Berlin said
the German Admiralty admitted the loss the Westfaen
Copenhagen dispatch transmits report from Rib Jut-
land that the German battle Seydz was sighted Thurs
day morning thirty ygh miles of Fano Island Denmark
going south pursued by British warshps She badly dam
aged and had two large holes aft The Seydz dreanought
cruiser of $4,000 tons
The Admiralty statement tonight declares that the
losses in the fight not only relatively but absolutely
greater than those of the British
The official list of the casualties among officers shows that
hardly single officer of the line escaped from the British
cruisers sunk in the battle An additional casualty list of petty
officers shows that fortyhree of them saved from the
Queen Mary nvncible, Fortune, Ardent and Shark None
saved from the ndeatigabe Defence Black Prince Tip
perary Turbulent Nomad Nestor.
The list gives the of siXtyve killed aboard the
Warrior and of twentyseven wounded other ships
engaged in the fight 115 killed and s. wounded
German "Press Agency" Best.
Admiral Lord Beresford, in interview said the only
mistake made by the Admiralty in allowing the Germans
get first the field with the of the battle or as he puts
it, with "impudent fabricatons"
Though hard-earned sea fight it British victory"
Admiral Beresford continued There no mistake in STRAIT
egy made The British objective sink the German feet
compel to return its base In the absence of Zeppens
for scouting purposes the British navy Obliged TO send
heavy cruisers outside because light cruisers
would have been driven in without securing needed nforma
ton.
ViceAdmira Sir David Beatty in pursuance of this OBJ
tackled vastly superior force hoping to DELAY until
VceAdmira Sir John Jecoes battle arrived to DESTROY
Germans ViceAdmira Beatty achieved brilliant succa.s
because the arrival of VceAdmral Jeoe the Cerm.rs
fed We attained obect the Germans failed to attain
theirs We lost cruisers which afford lose the Ger
mans lost bateshps which they afford to lose