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Superior German Fleet Is Forced to Withdraw
EACH SIDE LOST
5,000 MEN IN
BIG SEA FIGHT
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♦ BRITISH LOSSES. GERMAN LOSSES. ♦
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♦ Battle Cruiser Queen Super-dreadnought Hinden- ♦
♦ Mary. berg. ♦
♦ Battle Cruiser Indefatig- Dreadnought Westfalen. ♦
♦ able. Battle cruiser Lutzow. ♦
♦ Battleship Invincible. Battleship Pommern. ♦
♦ Cruiser Defense. Cruiser Elbing. ♦
♦ Sfmiser Warrior. Cruiser Frauenlob. ♦
♦ Cruiser Black Prince. Cruiser Wiesbaden. ♦
♦ Eight torpedo boat de- Six torpedo boat destroyers. ♦
♦ stroyers. ♦
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♦ The British admit serious damage to the battleships ♦
♦ Warspite and Marlborough and the cruiser Warrior. ♦
♦ No report of the condition of the German fleet after ♦
♦ it ’ ' ‘ ’ ’ made. *
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LONDON, June 3.—London today is depressed, over the
result of the great naval engagement which occurred May 31
between the British and German fleets.
While the people console themselves over the fact that the
German losses are fully as great as those sustained by the Brit
ish and the fact that the German fleet was compelled to with
dr<®? and seek safety in its home ports, the British public feels
thavthe superior strength of the British fleet should have in
sured a decisive victory.
The almost superstitious belief of the British people in the
invincibility of the fleet has received a severe shock, and the
feeling today is one of impotency. It is realized that the suc
cess of the German fleet in engaging a superior British force
is bound to have a bad moral effect, and the demand for ac
tion on the part of the admiralty which will wipe out what is
regarded as a blow to British prestige is heard on all sides.
No Criticism as to the bravery of the men engaged is
heard. It is admitted on all sides that every man on the fleet
did his best, but it is argued that somebody must be to blame
for allowing the Germans, in the face of a superior force, to in
flict the damages they did.
EIGHTEEN GERMAN SHIPS LOST.
LONDON, June 5.—The admiralty today announced that
eighteen German warships were sunk in the Jutland battle. The
Josses include two battleships, two dreadnought battle cruisers,
four light cruisers, nine torpedo boat destroyers and one sub
marii% The German losses are much greater than those sus
tained by the English.
SAY BATTLE CRUISER LUTZEW LOST.
LONDON, June 5.—British officers participating in. the
battle assert that the German cruiser Lutzew and the super
dreadnought Hindenberg were sunk.
4 ANOTHER DREADNOUGHT IN DANGER.
OPENHAGEN, June 5.—It was reported here today that
the German dreadnought cruiser Seydlitz, 25,000 tons, was seen
the morning after the battle steaming off the coast of Jutland
badly disabled and closely pursued by British warships.
SUNK BY TORPEDO BOATS.
EDINBURG, June 5.—Survivors from the British de
stroyers assert that the super-dreadnought Hindenberg was
sunk by a massed attack of torpedo boats.
^ MANY OFFICERS LOST.
LONDON, June 5.—According to an announcement by the
admiralty 333 British officers were killed in the Jutland battle.
Practically all the officers of the cruisers Queen Mary, Invin
cible, Indefatigable, Defense .Black Prince, and the destroyers
Tipperary, Turbulent, Fortune, Ardent, Nomad, Nester and
Shark perished. All the officers but one from the cruiser War
rior were saved. All the officers from the destroyers Sparrow
i and Hawk were saved.
BIG SHELLS CAPSIZED SMALL CRAFT.
COPENHAGEN, June 5.—Large numbers of German sail
ors, survivors of the cruiser Weisbaden and torpedo boats, re
port the German losses colossal.
Many of their comrades, after floating on rafts for thirty
six hours, drank sea water and became insane and jumped
into the sea and were drowned.
Several German torpedo boats and submarines are reported
as having been struck by British shells, which capsized them.
They sank immediately with all on board. Many bodies of
German and British sailors are washing ashore on the Jutland
coast.
GERMAN STORY OF FIGHT.
BERLIN, June 2.—The German high sea fleet encoun
tered the British fighting fleet May 31. The engagement, which
continued all night, was favorable to the German fleet, which
returned to port in good order.
The large British battleship Warspite, the battle cruisers
Queen Mary and Indefatigable and two armed cruisers were
destroyed. A small British cruiser and a number of torpedo
boats and torpedo boat destroyers were sunk and a large num
ber of British battleships suffered heavy damages from the gun
fire of the big German ships and the attacks of the torpedo
boat fleet.
The British battleship Marlborough was hit by several
torpedoes.
Several German ships rescued parts of the crews from the
British ships sunk, including two men from the Indefatigable,
who were the only survivors from that vessel.
On the German side the small cruiser Wiesbaden was sunk
by gun fire; the Pommern was sunk by torpedoes and the fate
of the Frauenlob is unknown. Some of the torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers have not yet returned and probably are
lost.
The German fleet returned to port Thursday and officially
reported that the British battle cruisers Queen Mary and Inde
fatigable, the battleship Invincible, and the cruisers Defense
and Black Prince had been sunk. The cruiser Warrior was re
ported disabled.
It is admitted by the admiralty that two German battle
cruisers were lost and two GernSan light cruisers are missing
and probably were lost.
GERMAN DREADNOUGHT LOST.
LONDON, June 3.—The admiralty is cheered by the latest
news of the big naval battle which shows that the German
losses are fully equal to those of the British. It is estimated
that fully 150 vessels were engaged in the great battle.
The German dreadnought Westfalen, 18,000 tons, and the
cruiser Elbing, 4,500 tons, are now known to have been lost in
addition to those admitted by the German admiralty.
Each side lost 5,000 men, and Admiral Horace Hood was
lost when the Invincible went down.
The battleship Marlborough ran into a nest of German
Submarines. She escaped three torpedoes ,but was struck by;
the fourth. She was saved and returned to port. S
The entire battle fleet, with the exception of the Marl-j
borough, was refitted for service a few hours after returning
to port.
BERLIN IS JUBILANT.
BERLIN, June 3.—The British fleet which was engaged
by the German fleet was twice the strength of the latter. The
battle demonstrated the superiority of the German torpedo
boats over the British vessels of the same class.
Thirty-four British capital vessels were engaged. The
battleship Westfalen alone sank six torpedo boats.
Berlin today is decked with flags, and a great demonstra
tion took place in the Reichstag when the news of the battle
was received.
MANY OFFICERS DROWNED.
LONDON, June 3.—(Official.)—The battleship Marlbor
ough was hit by several torpedoes, but was towed to port safely.
The dreadnought Warspite was damaged by gun fire, but es
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GERMAN TROOPS
WINNING ALONG
ENTIRE FRONT
BERLIN, June 3.—The German war office today an
nounced that the kaiser’s troops stormed and captured the
ridge of heights southeast of Zillebeke, Belgium ,and the Brit
ish position beyond.
PENETRATE FRENCH LINES.
PARIS, June 3.—During repeated violent attacks last
night on Fort Vaux, the German forces succeeded in penetrat
ing to a deep ditch northeast of the main French position. The
French still hold the interior of the works.
Everywhere else the Germans were repulsed with heavy
losses. The French lines are not essentially changed by the
German advance.
GERMANS CONTINUE ATTACKS.
PARIS, June 5.—German troops continued the attacks
last night east of the Meuse with undiminished violence. All
the attempts were repulsed. Attacks were made on French
positions in the region of Fort Vaux and Damloup Hill. The
French still hold Fort Vaux.
CAPTURE GAILETTE WOOD.
BERLIN, June 3.—The Germans today captured Gailette
Wood, south of Fort Douaumont, and succeeded in joining the
trenches.
KAISER ON EASTERN FRONT.
BERLIN, June 3.—The kaiser today left Hindc "burg s
army to visit other army camps on the eastern front.
AUSTRIANS STILL FORGING AHEAD.
VIENNA, June 3.—The Austrian advance into Italy in
southern Tyrol continues unchecked. In the Arsiere district
the Austrians captured several additional strategic positions.
TURKS GOING STRONG.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 1.—The Turkish army in the
Caucasus has been largely reinforced and has driven the Rus
sians farther back.
MEXICANS HAVE
20,000 TROOPS
NEAR U, S. BORDER
\\ AS 111 X( JT< )X, .1 mie —< Jeneral Funston today reported
that 120,000 Carranza troops have been mobilized in the vicinity
of (’hihuahua city.
The forces apparently are being disposed for an active
campaign against tin* bandits over the territory extending from
Madera to Ojinaga, a distance of 500 miles.
Funston reports that In* feels no uneasiness over the prox
imity of such large bodies of Mexicans near the American
troops. Xo intrenchmeuts ore wire entanglements have been
constructed for tin* protection of the American soldiers
against a sudden attack.
Considerable uneasiness is manifested in military circles
over the movements of such large bodies of Mexican troops so
soon after the delivery of the latest note from the Mexican gov
ernment, asking the withdrawal of the American soldiers.
It is pointed out that Funston is placing his command in
jeopardy by not constructing defensive works, but it is said
that if lie did so, it probably would mean offending the Mexi
cans in the event that the troops an* in that vicinity for oo
operation with the Americans.