Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-06-09
VICTORY CLAIMED BY
BRIT0N AND TEUTON
BOTH CLAIMING ADVANTAGE IN
GREAT SEA BATTLE Off
JuTLAND COAST.
British Admit LOss o. Fourteen ships
and Declare Germans Lost Eigh-
teen.-Germans Declare Eng
lishmeR Were Defeated.

London.-In view Of the latest re-
port Of the admiralty on the naval bat
tie Of last week between the British
and German naval forces on the Jut-
land coast, the press and public are
devoting their attention To computing
losses OF the two navies and the eff
feet the engagement is likely TO have
on future naval warfare.
The British estimate OF eighteen
German ships lost. as compared with
fourteen British. ia accepted by the
majority and the result is now claimed
as complete victory for the fleet.
A total Of 1888 officers were killed ir
the Jutland battle, according to a list
issued by the admiralty.
This list shows that practically all
the officers Of the cruisers Queen
Mary, Inyincible, ldefatigable, De
tense and Black Prince and from the
destroyers Tipperary, Turbulent. For,
tuna, Ardent, Nomad, Nestor and
Shark persisted. All the officers, ex
ceDt one from the cruiser Warrior,
were saved and all the officers from
the destroyer Sparrow Hawk. On the
other ships 116 officers were killed
and 233 were wounded.
So far the German denial OF the
British claim is concerned, 1t is point.
ed out that the Germans did not ad-
init the loss Of the cruiser Elbing un-
til the arrival Of some survivors from
her In Holland and this is cited as
confirmation that the Germans con
ceal their losses until forced by cir.
cumstances to reveal them. This ID
made possible, it is argued, by the
| fact that the British losses occurred
in daylight and are known to the
Germans, while the German losses
took place In twilight or after dark.
Should the British estimate Of the
German losses prove correct, naval
writers say, 1t will be many a long
day before the German fleet shows it.
self again in the North sea.
From Berlin it is reported that TWEEN
/ ty-six OF Admiral Jellicoe's most pow
! erful battieships, including six Of the
most modern Queen Elizabeth class,
and the entire British flying wing,
composed of battle cruisers equal IL.
every respect except armor protection
to dreadnoughts, were engaged in ali
save the early stages Of the day battle
In the North sea, according to an au-
thoritativc account The account
meets clearly what Is characterized as
the British attempt to explain defeat
by the statement that the German
forces in action were much larger
than the British Many details. how.
ever, are. suppressed for strategic rea-
sons.
The feet thus assembled, says the
account, suarpassed In tonnsge and
weight Of broadsidas the German force
engaged, was at least equally modern
and was far speedier than the squad
ron Of German pre-dreadnoughts
which. numbering along at eighteen OF
nineteen knots, were soon left far 70
the rear by their swifter consorts. ont
OF the main action.
The recital leaves untold the tale oi
damages sustained by the German
units and the losses in personnel. Il
says nothing OF the brilliancy in bat
tie tactics displayed by Admirals
Scheer and Hyper, the smoothness
and precision with which the German
ships unanswered and the deadly
sureness OF the German marksman
ship. although it is an open secret
that these three factors were largely
responsible for the achievements oI
the Germans.
German battIeships and battle cruis
ers were able to shower the British
with hail OF shells which, at a range
Of eight miles and sometimes ever
closer. smashed and riddled British
armor belts and wrought havoc Il
ships vitals.