Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-04
GERMAN LOSSES GREATER
THAN FIRST REPORTED
Two Battlesliips and Two Battle
Cruisers Among Destroyed
Vessels.
REVISED REPORTS by BRITISH
English Casualties in Officers FIX
tremeiy Heavy-Total Losses Arc
About 5000 Mcn--Rivul Claims
Continue to Cloud Issue.


Conflicting claims continue to cloud
the issue of the great naval battle
fought off the Jutland coast on Wed
nesday last.
There is no such great disparity in
! losses as ut first appeared in the Brit :
ish and German reports. according to
British admiralty officials, who claim
that later reports show that two Ger
man battle cruisers went down, while
London announces the receipt OF n
wireless dispatch from Berlin, carrying
an admission from the German adj
miralty that another German battle
ship. in addition TO the Pommern, was
sunk
Berlin has issued no further state
ment regarding the German losses.
which initially were given n one bat
tleship, two light cruisers and several
deStroyerS.
LOSSES OF ROTH SIDES
IN REVISED nRITISH REPORTS
II the revised British reports are nc
cepted. the losses In ships were an
proXimately as follows:
British-Thrce battle cruisers Queen
Mary. interchangeable and lnyinciple).
three armored cruisers defense, Black
Prince and Warrior), about a dozen de-
stroyers and one submarine
German-Two battleships lWest
fallen and Pommcrn), two battle
cruisers tunnamed) four light cruis-
crs (including the Wiesbaden, Elbinr
and F'rauenloeb). six destroyed and a
submarine.
The British admiralty. In addition.
has admitted that the battleship MARI
borough was struck by n torpedo, hut
declares she was towed safely TO port
IT denies the German claim that tho
DreadnouGht Warspite was sunk. AZ
| though conceding that she was dam
| aged by gunfre.
The Germans IRE greatly ela,ed at the
| outcome OF the engagement. in which
their main fleet. under Admiral Scheer.
met the British, whose main fleet. they
assert, also was engaged. That the
Germans held the field after the battle
is shown, they declare, by the fact
that the Germans picked UP survivors
OF British warshtps that went down.
London officially denies that the Brit
ish grand fleet was In the action The
battle cruiser squadron which is re-
ported to have rushed between the Ger
mans and their base seems to have
borne the brunt' OF the fight. Eleven
BRUSH battleshlps eventually went into
the battle. 1t is admitted but of these
several arc declared To have been only
partly engaged.
EXTREMELY HEAVY
LOSSES IN OFFICERS
The British losses in officers We're ex-
| tremely heavy, the list includint. Rear
Admiral Horace Hood, who went down
with his flagship. the Invincible: Cap
tain Sowerby, OF the Indefatiga bile
Captain Cay. of the invincible, and
Captain Prowse. of the Queen Mary
The total British losses are estimated
at about 5000
y British admiralty official made a
statement reviewing the battle In some
detail. He declared that the British
went out looking for II fight, engaged
the entire German high sea fleet. in
terrupted It's plans and drove il back
to port. The Germans. he said, spranS
no surprises. Only one Zeppelin was
seen. and that was driven on. and no
seventeen-inch guns were in evidence.
A semio!ficial statement issued in
Berlin declares that tho Germans faced
the greater part OF the modern Brit
ish navy. the battle cruisers and light
cruisers beginning the engagement.
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
tho night, while naval airships and
aeroplanes contributed greatly 10 the
German success. it is claimed.