Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-05
ADMIRALTY CLAIMS
TOTAL OF EIGHTEEN
SHIPS DESTROYED
Nothing to Add To or Sub
tract From Original Eng
lish Announcement.
PESSIMiSM HAS BEEN
GREATLY LESSENED
List of Casualties Among Officers
Shows Few Escaped From
Lost Vessels.
EI-IJ, STORY NOT VET TOJn
FULL STORY NOT YET TOLD
Two Battieships, Six Cruisers. Nine
Dcstroyers and Submarine of
KaiSer'S Fleet Sent Down.

LONDON. June 4-The British Ad-
miralty tonight issued n statement
saying there were the strongest grounds
for the belief that the British navy
in the battle with the Germans off
Jutland last week had accounted for
total OF eighteen German men-of-
war, and that there was nothing to
add TO or subtract from the original
announcement OF the British losses.
The statement gave tho German
Losses rs two battleships. two Dread
nought hattie cruisers. four light
cruisers, nine torpedo boat destroyers,
and a submarine.
The pessinnsm which prevailed as
resul, OF the Admiralty's original
statement OF losses, which now is con-
sidered TO have been need,essly candid
and conservative in Understanding
the extent Of the German losses as
compared with those OF Great Britain,
has been greatly lcssened by the latest
statement.
TWO MORE BATTLESHIPs
REPORTED AMONG LOST
4 dispatch from Copenhagen says
rumors are current in Hamburg thet
two additional German warships than
munication-the battleship Wcstfalen
and the battle cruiser Lutzow-were
sunk in the battle. y wirclcss dispatch
said the German Admiralty admitted
the loss of the Westfalcn.
The Admiralty's statement tonight
declares that tho German losses in
the fight were not only relatively. hut
absolutely greater than those of the
British. Maintaining it's practice OF
caution, the Admiralty still refrains
from giving the names OF the lost Ger
man ships.
The official list OF the casualties
among officers shows that hardly q
single officer Of the line escaped from
the British cruisers sunk In battle. An
additional casualty list of petty officers
shows that forty-three OF them were
saved from the Queen Mary. Invin-
ctble Fortune. Ardent and Shark. None
was saved from the Indefatigahles De-
Tense. Black Prince, Tipperary. Tur-
bulent. Nomnd or Nestor.
The list gives the names Of sixty
five killed aboard the Warrior, and OF
twenty seven men wounded. On the
other ships engaged in the fight. lis mon
were killed and eishty-flv wounded
NO FAILURE IN STRATEGY.
SAYS LORD BERESroRD
Admiral Lord Beresford in an inter
Wow to-day. while contending strong
ly for the view that there was no
failure In the British strategy. and
that Vice-Admiral Beatty won a brill
liant success. though it was denrly
bought. declares that the only mistake
made was by the Admiralty in allowing
the Germans to get first in the field
with the news of the battle, or as he
puts II. with "impudent fabrications."
Otherwise. said Lord Reresford. no
fault can be found with the Admiralty.
The statement follows:
Until the commander In chief has
had time to consult with the officers
engaged and to write a full dispatch,
any attempt to give n detailed his
tory Of the naval engagement, which
began on the afternoon Of May 81
and ended on the morning OF June /,
would evidently be premature. But
the results are quite plain.
The grand iicet came in touch with
the German high seas fleet at 3:30
o'clock on the afternoon OF May 81. Tho
leading Ships OF the two fleets carried
on vigorous fight. in which hattie
''uiSetS' laSt hatlleSnipS and Suhsids
larry craft all took an active part.
The losses were severe on both
sides. but when the main body Of the
british feet came in contact with the
German high seas feet very briet
period sufticed to compel the latter,
who had been severely punished. TO
seek refuge in their protected waters.
This maneuver was rendered possi-
BILE by the low visibility and mist. and
although the grand fleet now and then
was able to get into monlentary con-
tact with their opponents no continu-
Gus action was possible
PURSUIT. Is CONTINUED
UNTIL LIGHT WHOLLY FAILS
They continued the pursuit until the
light wholly failed, while the British
deStroycrs were able To make a suc-
cessful attack on the enemy during tho
night
Meanwhile. Admiral SIR John Jelii-
coe. having driven the enemy TO port,
returned TO the main scene OF action
and secured the sea in search OF dis
abled vesselA
'By noon OF the next day. the iss or