The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-06-08
Less Regret Expressed Over
Wednesdays Battle Since
Detailed Reports Have
Been Received.
ENGLISH LOSE 10 VESSELS
German Losses Are Placed at
18 Vessels of All Classes
Rescued Sailors Tell of
Sea Horrors.


est report Of the admiralty on the naval
battle OF last week, the press and pub
lie are devoting their attention to COM
putting the losses Of thu two navies and
the effect the engagement Is likely to
have on future warfare. The elimina-
ton of Is German ships lost as COM
pared with IA British is accepted by the
majority and the result is now claimed
as complete victory for the British
fleet.
So far as the German denial of the
British claim is concerned, IL Is pointed
out that the Germans did not admit the
loss Of the cruiser Elbing until the ar
rival Of some survivors from here in
Holland, and this is cited as confirma-
ton that the Germans concealed their
losses until forced by circumstances to
reveal them. This is made possible, 1t
is argued, by the fact that the British
losses occurred in daylight and are
known to the Germans, while the Ger
man losses took place in twilight or
after dark.
Should the British estimate of the
German losses prove correct, naval
writer's say 1t will be many a long day
before the German fleet shows itself
again in the North sea, and even should
the estimate prove excessive the dam
age done to the German cruisers will
put an end to raids on English coasts
After the Dogger Bank battle the Derf-
finger and Moltke were five months in
dock and II is believed the German
ships of this class engaged in last
weeks battle were even more severely
damaged.
The Derfflinger and her sister ship.
the Lutzow are believed to be the bat
tie cruisers which the British have in
cluded in the list of supposed German
losses, while another battle cruiser the
Seydlitz Is reported from a neutral
source to have been seen on Thursday
morning badly damage and being pur-
sued by British warships.
The battle, II Is also suggested, puts
! an end to the German ambition of fore
Ing way through the British blockade
to raid allied shipping in the Atlantic.
Germany now. 1t is claimed, has not the
ships suitable for this undertaking.
Another advantage claimed from the
outcome Of the battle Is that 1t re-
teves the pressure on the Russian
army wing In Courland to which the
German fleet was giving valuable sup
port. 1t has already been reported from
Copenhagen that German cruisers have
been withdrawn from the Courland
coast while German destroyers have
not been seen for a week In the south
ern Baltic.
London, June 5.-The first official
account in detail OF the North sea bat
tie, was given to the Associated Press
by high official at the admiralty. 1t
was noticeable that among admiralty
officials, the opinion was general that
the depression caused by the first an
nouncement Of the result Of the en-
gagement was not justified in the light
of s'' Ssequent details. .#
The Associated Press Is informed
that future details will have even a
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given out today. 81.
The admiralty is especially cautious
about stating German losses, giving
only those which are reported officially
or admitted by the Germans, mean
while awaiting detailed reports from
officers who participated in the action.
1t would have been possible to antici-
pate the German announcement in re-
gard to the battle, received here by
wireless yesterday afternoon, but the
British admiralty did not have the de-
tails until after Admiral Jellico
reached port, and frankly issued the
information which was in its possession.
Expurgating only such portions Of
wireless reports as might be of assist
ance to Great Britain's enemies, the
admiralty officials this afternoon gave
details Of the great naval fight:
Were Seeking Fight.
1--WE can only say we were looking
for a fight, when our fleet went out
Stories that 1t was decoyed by the Ger
mans are sheerest nonsense. In a word.
with an inferior feet we engaged the
entire German high sea fleet, inter-
rupted their plans and drove them back
into their harbors. .E
In carrying out the plan decided
upon we sustained heavy losses, which
we expected" this official said, but we
also attained the expected result OF
forcing the enemy to abandon his plan
and seek refuge after we had given
battle In his own waters near his
coast ..s
with the exception of two divisions
only part of which were engaged, the
brunt Of the battle was borne by the
battle cruiser fleet and with one ex-
ceptlon our battle fleet is ready for
sea. Eafg
Had Hard Luck.
Il must admit that we had excep-
tionally hard luck with our battle cruis-
ers, but the loss of those three great
ships does not in any measure cripple
our control Of the sea.
The great battle had four phases.
me first opened at 3:15 2. m, when
our battle cruisers, at a range of six
miles Joined action with German battle
cruisers. Shortly afterward the second
phase began with the arrival on both
sides of battle ships, the Germans ar
irving first But before their arrival
our three battle cruisers had been brown
up supposedly the result of gun fire,
although possibly they met their fate
from torpedoes.
Such close range fighting with battle
cruisers might be criticized as bad
tactics, but our fleet, following the ira
ditions Of the navy went out to engage
the enemy and on account OF weather
conditions, could do so only on short
range"
THE third phase was the engage
ment Of battleships which never was
more than partial. This phase included
running fight as the German dread
naughts fled toward their bases. All the
big ship fighting was over at 9:15 p. m,
Torpedo Boats Busy.
Then came one of the most wierd
features of the battle as German de-
stroyers made attack after attack like
infantry following artillery preparation
on our big ships. But these onslaughts
were singularly futile, not a single tor
pedo launched by them getting home.
With the morning these attacks
| ended and the scene Of battle was swept
by Jellico's fleet. Not a single enemy
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