Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-23
RUTLAND FIGHT PROVED
FATAL TO HUN FLEET
German Figures Showing Total Loss
in Battle OF 3,0T6 Sub-
stantiilly Correct.
MANY SHIPS sHoT-RrDDLED
Famous Conflict, First Hailed rs Vic
{ tory by Encmy's Admiralty. So
Disastrous His Ships Never Again
Attempted to Dispute sea Mastery.
Tfiy Associntcd rress |

"a LONDON. Feb. 22.-Thcre is no rea-
son TO doubt the substantial accuracy
OF the German official accouu; of the
losses suffered by the German fleet in
Sthe Jut!and naval battle May 81, 1916,
\ it is learned officially by Reuters Linn
itcd.
The. German nsurcs published June
l6. 1915. showed that the casualties to
the iiccts personnel were: officers lillcd
or missing, l1c. wounded. Al; other
ratings killed or missing. 2,il4. woWnu-
ed, 442 total. 3.O1G
Official details Of damage done 10 IN
.dividual Vessels follow.
Rattleshlp kocpie struck about lftccn
nnos and b"yi| damaged' ship went
was only SIN ana onc-haif feet above
water. -Four fires were started OIL the
ship and Admiral Nohn<e was wound
cd. The casualties on board were
heavy.
hit BY TWENTY EIGHT
SiELi.s AND TORPEDO
Cruiser Scydiit1 hit by twenty ight
shells and one torpedo from a British
destroyer Her 1orcastic was riddleI
and her fore turret was put out of ac-
ton. The entire crew OF the turrct
and magazine MAS Killed With tl,c eX-
ception Or three Of four men. She
suffered heavy casualties.
Bttticship GrosSer hurfucrst. dam
AGED b! torpedo and four heavy
: q,
q torpedo having struck her
BattleShip OldcnburS. hit by a shell!
from destroyer which killed eleven
and wounded about "A dozen mostly Of
6cers on tho bridge.
Battleship ostiriesand, struck mine
which tore ihrgc hole in her starboard
side.
Battleship schlesien, slightly dam
aged by splinters ana injured in
collision.
SUSTAINED FORTY DIRECT
HITS ER0M BRITISH GUNS
Battle cruiser Luetzow sustained AT
least ior;% Htreci hits from British
morning amt sunk 10y two German tor
pedocs Her casualties are various!y
given as beng from 400 to nearly sue.
Battle cruiser DeritiinGer, so badly
damaEed mat she had 10 be recon
Cruise Nol,se. hi, by ;hree large
shells and Vas under repairs until
August
Cruiser Won Der Tam. one ,urre,
conpicte.y pug out of action.
Light cruiser aabins. 50 badly DAM
assd ms she MS scutiIed.
Light cruiser Eostpck. after being
namaseI o. Suuire. was blown up by
Scr crew - prevent capture.
BIT ONE SURVIVOR or
Light CRUISER wIESDADES
LiSht cruiser Wles5adcn reduced TO
< complete wreck hy Euuurc and was
nNaily torqcdoed. There was only one
SurY.Yor OF her crew
S.'-Ht cruiser iraucnloS set on fire
.nd wrecked by Guutirc and Was tor
7cd1cd ana sunk. only eight men OF
3Jcr crew survived.
Five dcs,ruycrS are known 10 have
been sunk while others had 10 be
JowCd into port.
y complete record or the British
'orccs engaged III the baltic shows
iwouty-four prcadnouEhts,> eight bat
lie CRUISERS, eighteen light cruisers and
seNcHi |-"iEht dc*troNcrs. The German
force Included tWcutE-onc battlcships,
SiNtcon cruisers acVcnty-Sevcn destroy
rrS u 5 clearly established, however
that o. tho ships which actually came
auto a@bon the prepon0crancc Of force
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