New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-03

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blown up. another WAS heavily engaged
by our battle fleet and was seen TO ne
disabled and stopping, and the third
was observed to be seriously damaged.
zone German light cruiser and slx
German destroyers were sunk, and ot
least two more German light cruisers
were seen to be disabled. Further re-
peated hits were observed on thre other
German battleships that were engaged.
FINALLY. German submarine was
rsmmed and sunk"
Danish Ship Saw Battle.
The only reports passed by the
Press Bureau thus far have been
Copenhagen dispatches.
According to the "Politiken,'
Danish steamer arrived on Thursday
at Friedrichshaven which had wit
messed a battle in the North Sea.
The steamer reports that on the day
before, when 100 miles off Hanstholm.
II was stopped by two British torpedo
boats 20 have its papers examined.
At the same moment large Ger
man feet appeared and the British
warships Immediately prepared for &C
ton. The German fleet. which APP
preached at full speed. consisted OF
FIVE large modern dreadnoughts, eight
cruisers and twenty torpedo boats
and destroyers.
Suddenly the Germans began firing,
and several hundred shells splashed
around the torpedo boats, without,
however, hitting them. The British
ships went westward, pursued by the
German fleet. At five o'clock the can
nonade was renewed and continued
until nine O'Clock in the evening.
Two Zeppelns were seen going at full
speed northward 20 the scene or the
battle.
Danes Fired on Zeppelin.
The "Politiken" says that sentries
fred numerous shots at a Zeppelin
airship passing over France Island and
that the airship withdrew over the in
ternstional boundary. This. the news
paper adds. was the first time the
Danish had fired against helllgerent
airship.
AReuter dispatch from Ringkjobing,
Denmark. under date Of Thursday and
delayed by the censor, says:
From four o'clock yesterday We'd
nesday) and during the greater part
Of the night heavy cannonade was
heard from several points on the
West coast OF Jutland. Many windows
were broken here, and people left
their beds TO ascertain the meaning
Of the firing.
AT midnight Zeppelin passed OF
the coast. At eleven this morning
Thursday a German destroyer APP
peared of Noerre Lyngvig lightship
with engine trouble and unable 10 pro-
coed At three o'clock in the after
noon another German destroyer ar
rived and left an hour later with the
disabled destroyer in tow"
The Copenhagen National Tidende"
Gays that last night ten German tor
pedo boat destroyers passed through
the little belt from the north. going
very slowly. The newspaper adds that
a torpedo boat. badly damaged, is lying
off Lyngvig Yrgr, near Ringkiobing
Fjord, Western Denmark, just north of
the Horn.
Dutch Trawlers Rescue Men.
A Dutch trawler has arrived at the
Hook of Holland with one dead and
seven live Germans, who were saved
from the naval battle. Another trawler
has taken into Ymuiden three German
officer and twelve sailors. and one Brit
ish sailor who was wounded.
A dispatch from Rotterdam reported
the tugboat Schelde entering the new
waterway with dead and wounded men
from the naval battle. A steam trawler
also was reported on the way TO Hmui-
II j AaV a ro IN
Guiding three officers.
A dispatch from Amsterdam says a
message received there from Dresden
gives a dispatch sent to Emperor Will
lam by King Ferederick August of Sax
ony in connection with the news Of
the naval battle in the North Sea The
message OF the Saxon King follows:
with great Joy and extraordinary
enthusiasm | have just learned of the
brilliant victory OF our feet over the
considerably superior main part OF the
English battle feet This is one Of the
finest days Of this serious time for our
fatherland Our fleet showed itself
quite the equal OF our army
Ships Pride Of British Navy.
There were no more celebrated bat
tle-scarred veterans of the British navy
than the battle-cruisers Queen Mary
lndefatigable and Invineible. Tie
Queen Mary played a prominent part
in the Helgoland Blight engagement, un-
Ger the command of Captain William
Hall. who has since been prominent Is
chief Of the intelligence division Of
the Admiralty. The Queen MarS
missed the Dogger Bank action b.
being in drydock for minor repairs. a
few weeks ago a large part OF her crew
came to London on shore leave, and
upon their departure Captain Hal,
their old commander, came 10 say fare
well 10 them.
The Iadefatigable and the lnvlneible
bore sears from the Falkland Islands
encounter. where they had prominent
share in sinking Admiral Won Specs
SQUADRON. and from the Dardanelles,
where they played a leading part IN
the bombardment of the straits. They
also had participated in previous North
Sea actions.
When The Associated Press CORE
spondent visited the battle-crulser
feet in the North Sea last winter these
three vessels were exhibited as the
pride Of the feet. which had just come
I'M from scouting cruise which took
them to the German coast The Queen
Mary was pointed out as the hnest
type Of speed and gun power IN the
British navy.