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Show VICTIM CLAIMED Blf BRITONMJOIEOTON BOTH CLAIMING ADVANTAGE IN GREAT SEA BATTLE OFF JUTLAND COAST. British Admit Loss of Fourteen Ships and Declare Germans Lost Eighteen. Eigh-teen. Germans Declare Englishmen Eng-lishmen Were Defeated. London. In view of the latest report re-port of the admiralty on the naval battle bat-tle of last week between the British and German naval forces off the Jutland Jut-land coast, the press and public are devoting their attention to computing losses of the two navies and the effect ef-fect the engagement is likely to have on future naval warfare. The British estimate of eighteen German ships lost, as compared with fourteen British, is accepted by the majority and the result is now claimed as a complete victory for the fleet. A total of 333 officers were killed in the Jutland battle, according to a list issued by the admiralty. This list shows that practically all the officers of the cruisers Queen Mary, Invincible, Indefatigable, De fense and Black Prince and from the destroyers Tipperary, Turbulent, For. tuna, Ardent, Nomad, Nestor and Shark perished. All the officers, except ex-cept one from the cruiser Warrior, were saved and all the officers from the destroyer Sparrow Hawk. On the other ships 116 officers were killed and 233 were wounded. So far the German denial of thx British claim is concerned, it is pointed point-ed out that the Germans did not admit ad-mit the loss of the cruiser Elbing until un-til the arrival of some survivors from her in Holland and this is cited as confirmation that the Germans conceal con-ceal their losses until forced by circumstances cir-cumstances to reveal them. This is made possible, it is argued, by the fact that the British losses occurred in daylight and are known to the Germans, while the German losses took place in twilight or after dark. Should the British estimate of the German losses prove correct, naval writers say, it will be many a long day before the German fleet shows itself it-self again in the North sea. From Berlin it is reported that twenty-six of Admiral Jellicoe's most powerful pow-erful battleships, including six of the most modern Queen Elizabeth class and the entire British flying wing, composed of battle cruisers equal in every respect except armor protection to dreadnoughts, were engaged in all save the early stages of the day battle in the North sea, according to an au thoritative account. The account meets clearly what is characterized as the British attempt to explain defeat by the statement that the German forces in action were much larger than the British. Many details, however, how-ever, are suppressed for strategic reasons. rea-sons. The fleet thus assembled, says the account, suarpassed in tonnage and weight of broadsides the German force engaged, was at least equally moden and was far speedier than the squad ron of German pre-dreadnoughts which, lumbering along at eighteen oj nineteen knots, were soon left far to the rear by their swifter consorts,, out of the main action. The recital leaves untold the tale ol damages sustained by the German units and the losses in personnel. Il says nothing of the brilliancy in battle bat-tle tactics displayed by Admiralt Scheer and Hipper, the smoothness and precision with which the German ships maneuvered and the deadly sureness of the German marksmanship, marksman-ship, although it is an open secret that these three factors were largely responsible for the achievements oi the Germans. German battleships and battle cruisers cruis-ers were able to shower the British with a hail of shells which, at a range of eight miles and sometimes even closer, smashed and riddled British armor belts and wrought havoc to ships' vitals. |