The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-06-05
FOUGHT WHOLE
GERMAN FLEET
Darkness Enabled KaiSer'S War.
ships to Escape.
GERMANS LOST IS SHIPS
British Admiralty Says Four Capital
Vessels Of Teutons' Navy were
Sunk-Names Are Not Given.

London, June 5.-German losses IN
the North sea battle were greater tnan
the British mot merely relatively to
the strength of the two fleets, but ao'
solutely," statement issued by the
British admiralty declares.
The admiralty asserts that eighteen
vessels were lost by the Germans.
The statement reiterates that the
German accounts of the German losses
are false, and that although the EVIL
dence is still incomplete, enough Is
known to justify stating that the Ger
man losses were greater than the BTU
ish. There Is the strongest ground Tor
believing, says the statement, that the
German losses include two battlesh1ps,
two dreadnought battle cruisers OF the
most powerful type and two OF the
latest light cruisers, in addition to one
small light cruiser, submarine ana
nine destroyers.
Admiral Beatty fought the entire
German high seas fleet with his squad.
ron, exchanging shots at close range,
and only the coming Of night and a
heavy mist just as the British battle
feet arrived saved the Germans.
British naval experts gave this opin-
ion of the battle and praised the dar-
ing and wonderful strategy of Admiral
Beatty in attacking such powerful
enemy.
Could Admiral Jellicoe have brought
his dreadnoughts into battle an hour
sooner, they hold, the German fleet
would have been clearly and severely
defeated. At is was they escaped I'M
der cover of darkness just as the main
British fleet arrived and only eleven
Of the British dreadnoughts were abe
to get in even a few shots at the re-
treating foe.
The wonderful strategy and daring
Of Vice Admiral Beatty is being real
lied more and more as the official re-
ports of the battle are studied. He
knew he was outnumbered when he
went into battle. He had only his bat
tle cruiser squadron supported by
smaller naval vessels. The Germans
had their entire high seas fleet against
him. Yet he realized that he had at
the high seas, where, ever since the
war began, the British have been ach-
ing to try conclusions. He knew that
II he could hold the German fleet and
cut It of from its base Admiral Jelli-
coe would be with him in few hours
with the full strength of the British
navy. He knew probably that he
G~l
hut was prepared to sacrifice his own
sQuadrons to hold the Germans until
Admiral Jellicoe came up.
As a result his battle cruisers were
subjected to terrible fire and three
Of them blew up after being riddled.
SIN the squadrons hung on to the
0oeman feet and held them at bay
until Admiral Jelicoe,s dreadnoughts
steamed into the area of action, when
the German commander in chief, TAX
ing advantage of the approaching dark
ness and the heavy mist that rolled
up at this time, slipped away before
the main English fleet could come into
action.
The German statements that the
main German fleet was engaged in the
battle are, of course, based on the fact
that Admiral Jellicoe brought the
larger part of his fleet into action as
the Germans retreated. While it is
true that the entire British fleet was
ct the scene of action, the Germans
did not wait to try conclusions and
fought only against the advanced
SQuadrons OF Admiral Beatty, which
they outnumbered not only in vessels
but in armament.