Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-05
List of German Vessels Sunk
in North Sea Battle
Grows Steadily.
DESTROY HINDENBURG
Prize Ship of Kaiser's Navy
and Warship Lutzow
Reported Sunk.

London, June 5, (3.27 p.
m.)-British officers of the
feet which participated in
the Jutland battle and have.
returned here, identify two
of the warships sunk as the
Hindenburg and the Lutzow.l
While Germany holds to her origi.
nal announcement of losses-a
battleship, three cruisers and sey.
eral torpedo bOats-the British adj
miralty says there is the strongest
grounds for suppOsing that the
Germans lost two battleships, two
dresidn0ught battle cruisers, four
Light cruisers, nine torpedo beat
destrOyers and a submarine-1S
vessels in all. In addition a Co
penhagen dispatch says the Ger
man battle cruiser SeydIitz, not
heretofore mentioned, was sight.
ed Thursday morning IS miles
west Of FanO islands, going south
pursued by British warships. She
was badly damaged and had two
large holes aft The Seydlitz is a
dreadnought battle cruiser OF 25,-
900 tons.
The latest reports received by the
British admiralty enabled the Asso-
ciated Press to give the following re-
view of the naval engagement off the
Jutland coast with various incidents
and results, as viewed from the Brit
ish side:
During the night Of May 31-June l,
British destroyers made a determined
attack on the tretreating German battle
fleet which fastened its flight. The
British fleet remained in possession of
the scene of battle during the morning
of June l and traVersed the field four
times, finding no enemy to fire upon.
The commander in chief took his feet
back to its bases at his leisure, and five
hours after its arrival reported the
battle fleet ready for action.
Give German Losses.
AS regards the German losses, def
mite evidence, it is declared has now
been obtained that they were deliber-
ately falsifed and that the following
were destroyed:
Two battle cruisers; one at least,
and probably two battleships; four
light cruisers, eight destroyers and
one submarine
The remainder of the German battle
cruiser squadron may have reach home
ports but the ships were all severely
damaged, as also were ships of the
Koenig class, which came under the
| fire of a portion of the British battle
| feet
Hindenburg and Lutz0w Sunk.
| Besides the above, the Associated
Press has obtained information from
returned officers of the feet that they
are able to identify the lost German
| battle cruisers as the Hindenburg and
the Lutzow.
| Naval officials here point out that on
account of their proximity to home
ports, some of the German vessels,
which were as badly injured as was The
| British cruiser Warrior, would have
been able to make port
! The German warship Hindenburg has
hitherto been classified as battleship.
Berlin, June 5-An authoritative &C
count of the North sea battle issued
today gives the first detailed picture
of the great engagement between the
German high sea feet and that of the
British. Many details of the engage
ment are suppressed for strategic
reasons. The recital, however, meets
clearly what is characterized as the
British attempt TO explain defeat by
the statement that the German sea
forces in the action were much larger
than those which the British were
able to bring into play.
This account declares explicitly that
Is of Admiral Jellicoe's uost power
full battieships. including six of tbs
most modern Queen Elizabeth elias.
and the entire British flying wing
composed of battle cruisers equal il
every respect except armor protection
to dreadnoughts, were engaged in al
but the early stages of the day battle
! The feet thus assembled surpassed il
tonnage and weight of broadsides th'
German force engaged, was at leas
equally modern and was far speediel
than the squadron Of German pre-
dreadnoughts which, numbering alons
Confined on Psge Two