The Jutland Battle

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 55, 8 June 1916, Page 5

The Jutland Battle

GREAT FEAT OF THE WARS PITS

London, June 7

j The Times’ Portsmouth correspondent lolls a stirring story of the drama tic appearance ol the tV’arspue aaa flu rescue of the Warrior. W aile ihe Wrrrior was lagging, bauered ami helpless, Admiral Jcliiooe, learning 01 her peril, sent the Warspite ahead of '‘Grand Fleet. The great battleship suddenly loomed on the horizon going at a tremendous pace, and with her 15incii guns trained on ilie enemy, 'the Warspite, swept by spray caused by her speed, threw, herself between the Germans and the Warrior.

The Warspite’s first salvo sank a German ship, and, circling round the the /arrior, drew the German tire, replying vigorously and effectively. Her steering gear was damaged after circling four times. Admiral Beatty signalled “Come back; you are sacrificing yourself!”

The Warspite was unable to obey. She hung on and fought till the Grand Fleet arrived. The Warriors’ survivors say. that the ship’s company was saved by the plucky action of Leading Stokers, Darby and Allan, who, after the tires were withdrawn, ran back and turned off the main setam pipe, thus preventing an explosion, which would have wrecked the ship. LADY BEATTY’S VIGIL. London, June 7. The Evening Ne4vs says that Lady Beatty was among the throng of women who spent the night on a certain pier. She refused a cosy seat by a fire, preferring to wait outside all nigh:, nobly cheering the other women. COMPARATIVE LOSSES. The Evening News’ naval correspondent estimates provisionally that the British tonnage loss amounted to 104,tho Grand Fleet. The great battleship HO. The German loss is relatively equivalent to a British loss of 250,000. ALL BRITISH SUBMARINES RETURN. London, June 7. Official: All the British submarines that were in the North Sea battle have returned to harbor. QUEEN MARY AND ONSLAUGHT’S LOSSES. There were 1262 petty officers and men lost aboard the Queen Mary. All the officers on the Onslaught were killed in the conning-tower, which was wrecked, the charts being destroyed. Midshipmen and 17 of the crew piloted the ship out of action and brought her to port. FALSE GERMAN CLAIM. Berlin, June 7. An official message claims the loss of the Warspite, Princess Royal, Birmingham, and 'Acasta on the evidence of British sailors who were picked up. The Admiralty announces that the statement is false. UNOFFICIAL GERMAN LOSSES. Copenhagen, June 7. A Kiel unofficial estimate of the German losses in the naval battle is BUO killed 4.000 missing, and 1400 wounded. , A shipbuilding expert who saw the damaged ships says it will take at least six months to repair them. 79 GERMAN WARSHIPS. (Received 8.45 a.m.) Rotterdam, June 7. The captain of a Dutch trawler saw seventy-nine German warships of all classes steaming towards the scene of Wednesday’s battle.

HOT TIME ON THE QUEEN MARY

MIDSHIPMAN'S EXPERIENCES.

(Received 8.45 a.m.)

London, June 7

A midshipman, one of the survivors of the Queen Mary, said a German salvo set the whole quarter-deck afire, and after the guns were thrown exit of action, apparently the whole turret became unseated. A few minutes later there was a terrible explosion in the second magazine, the ship lying on her side, broken amidships, with her bow and stern sticking out of the water at an acute angle. The stern was afire, being rod hot, and another explosion blew the whole bow out of the water and threw the midshipman into the sea. The after-magazine next exploded, and the vessel sank ni a minute. The Tiger, which was steaming behind,, passed over the spot, and a destroyer’s boat picked up the midshipman.