THE NAVAL BATTLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1916, Page 5

THE NAVAL BATTLE.

WORK OF THE CRUISERS. ADMIRAL BEATTY TO HIS MEN. WAITING FOR THE SECOND ROUND. London. June 11. A gunner on the warship Dublin asserts positively'that she sank three German cruisers. They •sticed that a large number of the dead Germnas in the sea wore civilian clothes. A bluejacket on board the Southampton states that she torpedoed the Seyd- i litz at 350 yards range, and that he saw the Seydlitz sink. ' (The Dublin and Southampton are British light cruisers of 5400 tons, with a speed of 25 knots, carrying eight Gin. guns, fhey were built in 1913.) Admiral Beatty, addressing the officers and men of the battle-cruisers, said: — "I offer you sincere thanks for what will ever remain a gallant day in history. We carried out what we hoped to do. Most of you have girls. Tell them you did your dutj T , which the British Navy is always doing, You can take it from me that we inflicted far greater damage on the • Germans than they on us. fhey lost no many destroyers that we could not manage to count them. We have all lost relatives and friends, but their valuable lives have not been wasted. We must now get our ships in condition for "the second round. We have only had the first, but in the second I think they will throw up the Bponge." PUERILE FICTION. London, June 11. The latest grotesque German explanation of the events leading to the battle is contained in an American United Press wireless message from Berlin to New York, which says:— The German Admiralty is inclined to believe that Admiral Jel'licoo's intention was to send a fleet to the Baltic in order to complete the blockade of Germany. German officers believe that the English fleet finally succeeded in getting out of the English harbors into the North Sea and were defeated. The victory is regarded by Germany as dispelling the Allies' expectation that they could defeat Germany's fleet:

A GERMAN RUSE. London, June 11. Ajtairal Jellicoe's officers comment on the enemy's device of spreading clouds of whitish yellow smoke, enabling the ships to manoeuvre unseen. HELP FOR DEPENDENTS. NATAL'S CONTRIBUTION. Durban, June 11. The Natal branch of the Navy League has subscribed £7OOO for dependents of seamen killed in the battle off Jutland. "ME UND GOTT" AGAIN. Amsterdam, June 11. The Kaiser, in his reply to the congratulations of Princess Marie of SaxeMeningen, said: '-'God has helped our brave blue lads. I feel proud and joyful that the creation of my life's work ha 3 proved, with God's help, such a good sharp'weapon."