The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-03
DEPRESSION DUE
To FIRST STORY
NOT JUSTIFIED
Subsequent Details Fail to
Give Any Ground for Eng.
lish to Be Downcast. Is Ad.
miralty Statement.
fBy Evening Herald i.esssa wirsl

ufst UtntiJi account IN the uctAlis ol
the North sea battle vas given to the
Associated Press today by u high Of.
fetal at the admiralty IL was mo-
ticeable that among admiralty ofh'
Gals the opinion was general That thJ
depression caused by the frat an-
nouncemcnt II the result Of the IN
gagcment was not justified. in the
light OF subsequent details.
The Associated Press In informed
that future details viii have even a
more hearten.ng effect than the news
given out today.
The admiralty is especially cautious
about stating German losses. giving
only those which are reported off,
cially or admitted by the Germans.
manwhile aawiting details OF reports
from officers who participated in the
action.
IT would have been possible to an
ticipatc the German announcement n
regard to the battle. received here bS
wireless yesterday afternoon. but the
British admiralty did not have the
details until after Admiral J~clliyuu
reached port and frankly issued tn"
Information which was IN his possess
SION.
Expurvating only such portions Of
wireless reports as might be OF as
sistancc to Great Britain's enemies.
the admiralty officials gave the fol-
lowing details of the great naval
nght
We ,lG only say We were looking
Ion a fight when our fleet went out.
stories that II Vas dccoy ed b. the
Germans ate shccrcst nonsense ia
Il word, with an inferior fleet ", en-.
gagged the entire German high sea
ticet. Interrupted their plans and
drove them back INTO their h@arbors.
In AIRY Ing out the plan decided
upon "c sustained heavy losses. whi.n
we expected. this official said. "uut
We also attained thc expected ros!lt
ul forcing tho enemy to abandon his
plan O" sees refuge after we mad
given battle "a his own waters net.
his coast.
Win the exception of two d.Nl-
-.ou-, only pat OF which were ca
-as,d "a, uIlut OF battle Was Oorrv
by the battle cruiser flco'. and wl'n
enc exception oUr battle uc,t is ready
tor sea service. 1 must admit thai
Ne mad exceptionally hard luck with
uuI battle cruisers. bw, III. loss oi
these three great sh.ps DOES not ~
ANY mcaSur, cripple our control 90
the sea
The great battle had fouI phas,
The irst opened At 8lb T.. M VII %
out battle cruisers At II range OF SIX
miles joined action with German bat
tie prui-cfs. shortly aftcrward the
second phase began with the arrival
both sides Of batt.eships. the Get |
arriving Hrst. BUt before thew |
arrival our three battle cruisers had
been blown up, supposedly the result
81 %sunfirr. although possibly they met
fate from turpedocs
such close range fighting vita !
battle cruisers right be criticized az
bad tactics. uUt our fleet. follow ,ns |
the traditions of the navy. went OF.
engage the enemy, ana on account
OF weather conditions could do so
only al short range.
The third phase was the engage
mcnt OF battioships, winch never Wa
more than partial. This phase in
"A running fight a. the Gen
mans fled toward their bases, All lie
bag ship lighting VAS over oy yIJ
az, |
Then came one OF the most weird
oi the battle, a. Gcrman de.
stroScrs made attack aitci attack.
like infgntry following artillery prep
iiatiou on oui big ships. Hut these
onslaushts were sinsularly futile, not
A single torOedo launched by them
hcme.
with the morning these auacdJ
ended and the scene OF battle was
swept by J%clliCUc's fleet. not "A single
enemy vessel remained In sight.
"tntl We get Admiral Jellicoe n
complete report We can give only
f%ru.mcntafy incidents Of ia. gieat
Among these n tn. torpcdo-
ms u the superdrcadnought Mari.
when - nov safely IN har-
Dor. She must have struck a Nerit.
,bic hornets nest OF submarines. ~
Iy skilliul n%nueuNering she avoided
.hree of these before she vas iinaily
ait.
Early IN the engagement, Accord
lg tu admiral Beatty = report a Ge,-
man battle cruiser. after being hotl:
bicw up and broke IN tNu,
"pfiocrs of the fleet also reported
passing "a closely engaged German
'attlc cruiser which was left behind
thilc the British pursued the Ger /.
ou theif Ieturn his vessel Nas 4
Judging from her p%reYiouH
shc must now be- ut the buttoA
4 the sea. TINS accounts tor two ot
ne enemy cruisers, and vo ha
heir admission hat the. had lost
hattloships.
The admiralty has a report uf the
mixing OF four German aight cruis- \
~ and the Germans have %acknowl.
.dgcd the. loss Of slN d~cstruyors. There
x very good hope that the GERMAN
rs over greater, but We do not J
intend t. make Ia estimates M
W. have complete official reports
ON our commander who do not