Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-05
Victory Not AS Great
AS at First Supposed

has admitted that the battleship Marl-
: borough was strucl, by torpedo, but
: declares she was tawed safely to port
The Germans claim the dreadnau aught
Warspite was sunk.
), The Germans are greatly elated at
the outcome of the engagement in
!, which their main fleet, under Admiral
Won Scheer, met the British, whose
main fleet, they assert, also was en-
gagged. That the Germans held the
field after the battle is shown, they
declare, by the fact that the Germans
picked up survivors of British war
ships that went down.
London officially denies that the
British main fleet was in the action.
The battle cruiser squadron, which is
reported to have rushed between the
Germans and their base, seems to have
borne the brunt Of the fight. Eleven
British battleships eventually went in
to the battle, it is admitted, but Of
these several are declared to have
been only partly engaged.
The British losses in officers were
extremely heavy, the list including
Rear Admiral Horace Hood, who went
down with his flagship, the Invincible;
Captain Sowerby of the Indefatigable:
Captain Cay of the Invincible. and
Captain Prowse Of the Queen Mary.
The total British losses are estimated
at about 5000.
A British admiralty official made
a statement reviewing the battle in
some detail. He declared that the
British were out looking for a fight,
Engaged the entire German high sea
fleet, interrupted it's plans and drove
it back to port. The Germans, he
said, sprang no surprises. Only one
Zeppelin was seen and that was driven
off.
A semi-official statement issued in
Berlin declares that the Germans
faced the greater part of the modern
British navy, the battle cruisers and
light cruisers beginning the engage
ment, while later the main forces on
both sides took Part in the attack.
German torpedo boats did notable
work, both during the daylight battle
and during the night, while naval air.
ships and aeroplanes contributed
greatly to the German success. it is
claimed.
Later Accounts.
London, June 5.-The German dread
naught Westfalen, of 18,6OO tons, has
been added to the steadily growing list
Of vessels sunk in the great naval
engagement off the Jutland coast, ac-
cording to wireless dispatch from
Berlin, which says the German ad-
miralty admits the loss of this war;
ship.
Additions earlier in the day were the
German cruiser Elbing, displacing be-
tween 1000 and 5000 tons, and the
British destroyer Shark Nearly all
the men who manned the destroyer
,were lost.
The latest British statement regard
ing the outcome of the engagement
shows that the admiralty views it as
not at all unfavorable to the British.
It is declared that they sought out the
Germans, engaged their entire fleet
with inferior forces and compelled
them to put back to port and give up
"any plan of action they may have
contemplated"
The losses on the British side, es-
timated at 5000 men, may be nearly
matched by those of the Germans
if the latest reports on the number
of German warships lost are con-
firmed. In the British casualty list
are included Captain Prowz and the
entire complement Of the battle cruis-
er Queen Mary, which probably had
between 900 and $50 men on board.
Rear Admiral Horace Hood was lost
with the battle cruiser Invincible.
Two of the Zeppelins which played
such an important part in the engage
ment by keeping the Germans in
formed of the British fleets move
ments, were destroyed, according to
reports brought in by Danish fisher
men, who declare the entire crew of
Gre of the airships perished when their
craft was burned.
Wounded men from the engagement
have begun to arrive in London,
cheered by the crowds assembled to
meet them.
According to one report today Brit
ish warships are watching off the DAN
'sh coast for the appearance of eight
German warships which are declared
to have taken refuue in Danish norts