The Detroit times., 1916-06-03
ish fleet. They were In the wa
ter six and q half hours before
being picked up.

ports from the great battle In the
NortR sea today brought word OF
the sinking of two additional war
ships. one a British destroyer and
the other a small German cruiser.
The British destroyer Shark is
reported to have been sunk. increas.
ing the number OF English ships
lost to Is.
Unoficial Holland dispatches re-
port the lost OF the German cruiser
Eibing.
Survivors from the Shark have
been landed at Hull by Dutch
ship. They said the destroyer acted
as a decoy for the British feet
Forty warships took part in the
engagement.
With reports OF these additional
losses also came dispatches telling
how bodies OF hundreds OF British
. and German sailors were seen float
ing in the water near the scene of
the engagement by neutral ships
which arrived during Wednesday
and Thursday.
All England was today anxiously
awaiting further details from the
admiralty. but. aside from late
statement, admitting the loss Of six
destroyers. first reported as missing.
no later statement had been issued
early today than the initial an.
nouncement OF losses made yester.
day.
Unofficial details OF the fight drift.
| ing In from various points thrilled
all England. One Holland dispatch
indicated that the German feet
swooped down on the smaller YES
sells OF the British feet at the open
ing OF the engagement. The British
were hopelessly outnumbered until
the Grand Fleet appeared and with
thousands of guns roaring and hurl.
ing tons OF shells against the Ger
man Armada. the kaiser's ships were
forced to retreat.
The steamer Thames. arriving at
the Hook of Holland. reported pick
ing up IL survivors OF the crew Of
the German cruiser Frauenloeb.
They were floating on RATS. The
Frauenloeb. the survivors said. was
sunk by British torpedo at a. m.
The torpedo struck squarely in the
engine room and the crew immedi-
ately jumped overheard.
Stories OF the Frauenloeb's sur
vivors indicate that 354 of her crew
persisted.
or the SS5 men who leaped into
| the water when the ves=e: sank
| only 10 were able to get aboard
RATS which were cut adrift. The
remainder sank from exhaustion
anu were drowned. Many were
badly wounded before forced to leap
from the ships deck. OF the 10 re-
ported to have reached RATS. eight
are unaccounted for.
From Copenhagen and Dutch
ports came dispatches today bring
ing fragmentary details of the ter
rife fight. Fishermen arriving on
0sbjerg report passing through
fields OF bodies of both English and
German sailors. With Is British
ships now reported destroyed, the
total losses are expected to mount
into the thousands. No estimate Of
casualties has yet been made by
the admiralty. however, and 1t prob
ably will be days before any def
niteIy accurate estimate can be
made.
From early reports II is obvious
that survivors have been landed at
a dozen different ports. Dutch dis
patches reported the landing at
| Ymuiden OF six officers and IL men,
bers of the crew OF the German
cruiser Elbing. This ship was not
reported destroyed in either the
German or British admiralty state
ments. The survivors declared
however, that the Elbing was
rammed by another German ship
which rescued the remainder OF her
crew. British survivors are also
said to be en- route here aboard a
trawler.
In the face OF the heavy losses ad-
mittedly suffered b. the British,
England stands grimly determined,
and confidence in the fleet remains
mistaken.
| In clubs. government Offices and
! from men in every walk Of life.
comes the expression that while the
British suffered the greater losses.
the encounter need not be regarded
as a defeat. as the Germans were
| forced TO fee so soon As the full
force OF Englands grand fleet could
be brought into action.
Facing a superior force. the light
cruisers. battle cruisers and destroy
ers fought CALAMITY. disposing OF
ships OF their own class. despite the
low visibility favoring the Germans.
The inference is drawn that the
greatest execution was done by the
German battleships which we're In
action from the start, but that once
their equals In armament drew near
they retreated
A Copenhagen dispatch declares
that the steamer Naesbar1 arrfving