Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-04
GERMAN LOSSES GREATER
THAN FIRST REPORTED
Two BattleshipS and Two Battle
Cruisers Among Destroyed
Vessels.
REVISED REPORTS by BRITISH
English Casualties in Officers Ex-
tremely Heavy-Total Losses Arc
About 5000 Mcn-Rival Claims
Continue to Cloud Issue.

Conflicting ella inns continue to cloud
the issue OF the great naval battle
fought off the Jutland coast on We'd
neSday last.
There is no such great disparity in
| losses as ut first appeared in the Brit
ish and German reports. according to
British admiralty officials, who claim
| that later reports show that two Ger
man battle cruisers went down, while
! London announces the receipt of a
wireless dispatch from Berlin, carrying
an admission from the German ad-
miralty that another German battle
ship. in addition to the Pommern, was
sunk.
Berlin has issued no further state
ment regarding tho German losses.
which initially were given a. one bat
tleship. two light cruisers and several
destroyerS.
LOSSES OF BOTH SIDES
IN REVISED nRITISH REPORTS
If the revised British reports are ac-
cepted, the losses in ships were ap-
proSimately as follows:
British-Thrce battle cruisers Queen
Mary, 1ndefatigable and Inyinciple)
three armored cruisers defense, Black
Prince and Warrior). about dozen de-
stroyers and one submarine
German--Two battleships (Wcst-
fallen and Pommern), two battlo
cruisers (unnamed) four light cruis-
ers dncludinE the Wiesbaden, IlbinE
and Frauenloeb). six destroyed and a
submarine.
The British admiralty, In addition.
has admitted that the battleship Marl-
borough was struck by a torpedo, but
declares she was towed safely to port.
IL denies the German claim that the
lorcadnouEht Warspite was sunk, al
though conccding that she was dam
aged by gunhre.
The Germans ere greatly elated at the
outcome of the engagement, in which
their main fleet, under Admiral Scheer
met the British. whose main fleet, they
assert also was engaged. That the
Germans held the field after the battle
is shown they declare. by the fact
that the Germans picked up survivors
OF British warships that went down.
London officially denies that the Brit
tsh grand fleet was in the action. The
battle cruiser squadron which is re-
ported to have rushed between the Ger
mans and their base seems to have
borne the brunt' Of the fight. Eleven
British battleships eventually went into
several arc declared TO have been only
partly engaged.
EXTREMELY HEAVY
LOSSES IN OFFICERS
The British losses in officers were ex-
tremely heavy, the list including Rear
Admiral Horace Hood, who went down
with his flagship. the Invincible: Cap
tain Sowcrhy, of tho IndefatiGabIe.
Captain Cay. OF the Invlncible and
Captain Prowsc, of the Queen Mary.
The total British losses are estimated
1T about 5000.
y British admiralty official made a
statement reviewing the battle In some
detail. He declared that tho British
went out looking for Il fight engaged
tho entire German high sea fleet in
terrupted its plans and drove il back
to port. The Germans. he said spranc
no surprises Only one Zeppelin was
seen. and that was driven on and no
seventeeninch guns were in evidence.
a sem miofiicial statement issued in
Berlin declares that the Germans faced
the greater part OF the modern Brit
ish navy, the battle cruisers and light
cruisers beginning the engagement.
while later the main forces or both
sides took part in the attack. German
| torpedo boats did notable worb both
during the daylight battle and during
tho night. while naval airships and
aeroplanes contributed greatly 10 the
German success. IL is claimed.