The Penn's Grove record., 1916-06-09
BOTH SIDES STILL
CLAIM VICTORY
British Assert Giant Hindenburg
and S%eydIitz Are Now
Among Missing
GERMAN PRESS IUBILANT

gradually resolving itself into a battle
OF words in the press of both coun-
tries. Officially it stands with the
British Admiralty asserting that the
Germans lost at least eighteen ships,
as against only fourteen OF the Brit
ism side, and the German Naval Staff
insisting that the Kaiser's feet was
reduced by only three big ships and
an unnamed number of torpedo craft.
Unofficially the day brought further
claims, both in Berlin n in London,
| of additional losses on the other side,
and the press of both countries in
dulged in equally triumphant accounts
based largely on suggestions and
stories of survivors.
Thus the report brought here by
survivors of British d~estroyers that
the German superdreadnought Hin
denburg, the Kaiser's finest as well
as the battle cruiser Luetzow, was
sunk in the battle found general Gre
dence among the newspapers. Less
positive, but widely published and gen.
orally believed, was a story emanating
from Copenhagen, that the German
battle cruiser Seyditz, a vessel of 25,-
900 tons and sister ship of the Derf-
finger, was sighted en- the morning
after the battle ~thirty-eight miles
west of Farce Island, pursued by Brit
ish warships. She was in a badly
damaged condition, said the report,
which was originally published in the
Copenhagen Stifts Tidende.
The destroyer Acasta, which the
Germans claimed they sank in the
North Sea battle, was towed into port.
The destroyer is considerably dam
aged.
A semi-oficial statement published
count of the North Sea battle from
the German point of view, but detailed
statements concerning damage to
ships, losses in men and individual
feats are lacking.
The theory that the Kaiser's feet
inflicted a crushing defeat upon its
British opponents marks the state
ment throughout. The two outstand-
ing features of the account are these
assertions:
First-That the Germans went out
to give battle to the British fleet, and
having found it, at once assumed the
aggressive and maintained it through
out.
Second-That the British were in
overwhelming superiority, both in
number and power of ships engaged.
1t is asserted that the British units
which participated were rs battle
ships, 6 battle cruisers, 4 armored
cruisers and numerous light detach-
ments."
AS against these, the statement says,
the Germans had 16 battleships, 5
battle cruisers, 6 older ships of line,
and torpedo craft. There were no
armored cruisers at all on the German
side.
The latest British statement claims
the destruction of the German dread
noughts Hindenburg, Luetzer and Sey-
ditz. The latest German statement
asserts that the British battleship
Euryalus was sunk in the North Sea
naval battle. This latter is denied
by London.
PIERCE FIRST LINE TRENCHES.
Misunderstanding in force from
the Thiaumont Farm to Vaux, the Ger
mans on the Verdun front, after sew
era assaults, penetrated the French
first line trenches between Fort Douau-
mont n Vaux pond. This gain the
Paris War Office admits, while empha-
sizing a French success at lie Mort
Homme.
Groups of German aeroplanes threw
bombs on the city of Barbecue. Eigh-
teen civilians were killed and 25
wounded.
French troops have captured 400
yards of German first line trenches by
a counter attack southeast of Dead
Man Hill and Caurettes Height. South
east of Dead Mar Hill the French OBJ
tanned a foothold in the first line
trenches over an extent of 400 metres.