The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-06-09
fourteen British, kiae 6dmaa SIPS
Admitted 10 Have Been Sunk
GREATEST BATTLE IN HISTORY
All-NiUht Engagement in North Sea
Greatly Aided BY zeppellns-
Casualties Reported High.

London = Picking its way from its
base In the Kiel Canal. the German
high-sea feet Wednesday afternoon
emerged into the North Sea- and. OF
the coast Of Jutland. engaged a British
feet throughout the afternoon and
night In what probably was the great
eat naval battle In the worlds history
90 far a. tonnage engaged and tonnage
DESTROYED was concerned.
When the battle ended Great Britain
had lost the battle cruisers Queen
Mary, Indsfatigable and Invineible.
the cruisers Defence. Black Prince and
Warrior and eight torpedo boat de-
stroyers.
The German battleship Pommern
was sent to the bottom by = torpedo
and the cruiser wiesbaden sunk by the
British gunhre. In addition several
German torpedo craft are missing and
the small cruiser Frauenlob was seen
badly listing and was believed 10 have
gone to tho bottom.
These losses have all been admitted
bv Great Britain and Germany.
Aside from Great Britain's conceded
losses. Germany says that the British
battleship Warsprite. sister ship OF
the Queen Elizabeth. and one Of the
largest and most powerful ships afioat.
had been sunk; that tho battleship
Marlborough, vessel Of 2b. tons,
had been hit by q torpedo. and sub
marine had been destroyed.
Great Britain also added 10 Ger
many's acknowledged losses with the
claim that one dreadnaught Of the Ger
nina Kaiser class s--vcssels Of "a. 700
tons and carrying complement Of
loss men--had been attacked and de-
stroyed by British torpedo craft; that
another battlcship Of the same class
was believed to have been sunk BY
gunfire: that one battle cruiser had
been blown up and two others damaged
and that six destroyers and subma-
rine also had been sent to the bottom
Great Britain's admitted loss In ton
mage was III, $40 for six battle eruis-
ers and cruisers That Of Germany,
excluding the tonnage Of the Wiesba-
den. Of which vessel there Is no rec
ord, was is, 1T2.
That the casualties In the fighting
of Jutland were heavy Is Indicated BY
the fact that Of the crew Of some 300
on board the Indefatigable only two
men are known TO have been saved.
Six Zeppelins participated in the
naval engagement, according to dis
patch from Copenhagen TO the Daily
Mail. One OF the dirigibles. the LIZA.
was hit several times and badly dam
aged. the report says, but she was able
10 reach the Schleswig coast. Several
of her men were wounded. and all OF
her supplies had to be thrown over
board.
The scene Of the battle was In the
Eastern waters Of the North Sea. IL
Ia probable that the German feet was
on one Of the excursions into the North
Sea. which ID has taken from time %
time during the war, and met, whether
or not by design, with the British
| feet.
Skager-Rak Is an arm Of the North
Sea between Norway and Denmark.
| The point referred TO in the official
German statement as Horn Riff prob
ably is the reef of the Horn. on the
southwestern extremity Of Denmark
This would indicate that the battle
was fought of the coast Of Denmark
From the reef to Helgoland, the main
German naval base In the North Sea,
Is about 100 miles.
/ A dispatch from Copenhagen de-
clares It IL generally stated In Berlin
that the activity Of the German iieei
was due to the energetic demands q
Emperor William to his brother, Ad-
miral Prince Henry Of Prussia, com
mander-in-chief Of the navy. and Ad.
miral Won CapelIe, minister OF the
navy, on the emperor's visit last week
to Wilhelmshaven.