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THE WAR.

FURTHER DETAILS OF NAVAL

FIGHT

WHOLE GERMAN BATTLE FLEET ENGAGED.

BRITISH

TRENCHES SEVERELY ATTACKED.

GALLANTRY OF CANADIANS.

VERDUN BATTLE ENDING.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROVOH REUTER'S. AQENCE.] THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLE.

LATEST DETAILS. ENTIRE GERMAN BATTLE FLEET ENGAGED.

LONDON, June 3rd. The Associated Press were informed at the Admiralty that the latest reports from Admiral Jellicoe and Rear Admiral Beatty had used feelings of elation. They may be summarised as follows

"We went out within snemy waters soeking a fight. Our interior feet engag- ed the entire German Battle Fleet and forced them to return to harbour and abandon any enterprise they may have contemplated"

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] FORTY-FIVE TO ELEVEN

A Captain stated yesterday that the German flect numbered forty-five vessels, including vessels of the largest types. The British feet which was seen pursuTM ing the Germans numbered eleven, and subsequently eight other British ships appeared firing heavily. The sea was smooth and many sailing vessels passed through the firing line.

ZEPPELINS AND AEROPLANES PARTICIPATE.

COPENHAGEN, June 4th.

The L 2, five other Zeppelins and several aeroplanes participated in the battle. The L 24 was hit several times, and lost much gas, and staggered to the Schleswig coast by throwing everything overboard. Many of the crew were wounded.

This Zeppelin-was first reported as being the L 85.

VESSELS WHICH SCARED THE

GERMANS

AN EYE-WITNESS STORY.

COPENHAGEN, June 3rd. The Captain of the Danish steamer Naestory has arrived here. He witnessed the battle off Jutland. He said that he was ninety-five miles west of Hanet Holm. Information from Edinburgh, showa when a few small British warships ap- that the four battleships of the Grand peared pursued by the German Flert. Fleet which appeared at the critical Suddenly the British vessels turned west juncture in the battle were the Fulian', wards, being heavily shelled. A few Barham, Malaya and Warspite. minutes later many British battle cruisers The fight then took different com appeared from the west and north and plexion, and the British crews were most attacked the Germans, who were rain-disappointed when the enemy fled. The forced by numerous warships coming British at daybreak had to return to from the south along the west coast of their basea, the enemy_having_dis Jutland. The most fierce fight began. appeared The sky was filled with smoke, the see was in uproar, and shells were falling around the Naesborg, which was several miles away. Owing to the viol ence of the cannonade the crew of the Naraborg were unable to stand on the

wards with the British pursuing. Sud- denly several British warships appeared fron the west and then the German fleet divided, scattering mines.

Fisherman who bave arrived at Esbjerg state that they saw a cruiser sunk by a mine fifty miles north-west of the Blan vandshut lightship.

GERMAN ADMISSIONS,

AMSTERDAM, June 3rd. The most important admission in a Berlin semi oficial statement is that the whole of the High Seas fleet was engaged in the Skager Rak naval battle. Vice Admiral Scheer was in command of the German forces, which also included the older German ships-of-the-line battle cruisers, all the light units of the North Sea fleet, and also destroyer and sub- Marine Botillas

"QUEEN MARY SANK IN TWO MINUTES.

It is stated that the Queen Mary saak in two minutes, as a result of an explo sion in the magazine,

“WARSPITE" RETURNS SAFELY.

The Admiralty denies the statement contained in a German wireless of the loss of the battleship Warspite and the destroyer Arasta.

Both have safely.

returned

HEAVY LOSS OF OFFICERS. Four midshipmen from the Queen Mary have been saved; all the other Officers are loat. The Commander of the Invincible and a Lieutenant have been saved; sli the others are lost. All the Officers of the Indefatigable, the Defence and the Black Prince were lost. All the Officers of the Warrior were saved.

REAR-ADMIRAL HOOD'S INSPIR

ING COURAGE. Rear-Admiral Beatty, in reporting the death of Rear-Admiral Hood, says that he led the division into action with most inspiring courage.

Rear-Admiral Beatty also mentions with extreme regret the death of Captain

Vice Admiral Hipper commanded the raconnaissance forces, which first gave battle to the British battle cruisers and Bowerby of the Indefatigable, Captain light cro'zeza at five in the afternoon

Cay of the Invincible and Captain Prowse Subsequently the whole flects participat

of the Queen Mary ed, and a day battle lasted till nine in the

evening. Then a night battle was developed, being in the nature of severe destroyer attacks,

NAVAL DESPATCH. The British Admiralty is inftmed officially that the entire British Battle Fleet, except the Marlborough, was col ed and refitted for sea service within few hours after its return to harbou

"WESTFALEN" LOST.

lin, which was intercepted in Londor An Associated Press wireless from Ber

says that the Germans admit the lom f the Dreadnought Westfalen.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, JUNE STB. 1910.

THROUGH HEUTER AGENCY:]

FATE OF THE SHARK"

The fate of the destroyer, Shark, which was one of the three unaccounted for, has been cleared up by the landing at Hull from the Danish steamet Vidar of six of the survivors of the Sh

The Firdar's crew said the on Wednes day evening they saw a German cruiser, sink, and later they saw a large vessel afire and heard cries for help. They lowered a boat and picked up adven men from the Shark which had been torpedord

five hours previously.

The Commander, whose leg was blown off, went down with his ship.

A

FRANGOB BIAN FROMT,

[FHROUGH REUTER'S AGKSOY.]

BRITISH SEVERELY

ATTACKED.

GALLANTRY OF CANADIANS.

LONDON, June sth. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com- unique states -Very severe lighting has continued unceasingly south-east of

Ypres between Hooge and the Ypres and Monin railway, The enemy, following up last night's initial advantage, pushed his attacks at night and succeeded in pushing through the defences to a depth of 700 yards in the direction of Zellchoke. The

ITALIAN FRONT

JEV CHRONOK REUTER'S AGENOT.]

THE AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE EVERYWHERE STOPPED DEAD."

ROME, June 3rd. states:The enemy

[BEITISH FOREIGN OFFICE CABLE.] A REVIEW OF WHOLE SITUATION.

AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE

IN TRENTINO.“

A communiqué

LONDON, June at offensive has continued uninterruptedly.

The Austrian offensive in the Treating but it was overwhere stopped dead shows a slight pause, but this is believed There has been an intense bombardment trians to bring up heavy artillery. Curi- to be due to the necessity for" the Aus-

at Posing, and

a.and Torrey. The enemy vinously enough, the Austrians have been lently attacked the Posing heights but region, namely, the mountainous country most successful in the most difficult

losses, North-east of Cengio the position are attacking was everywhere repulsed with heavy between the two valleys of the Adige and the Brenta, along which their two wings at Belmonte changed hands repeatedly, and eventually it was brilliantly recap- tured and held by the Italians Enemy

Colonel Repington, explains that it is The Times Military correspondent, probable that the limited Trenting enm- launching the central attack This prov- munications were first reserved for: ing unexpectedly successful, the wing at considerably behind

The Italians in the centre are now back to their main defences, namely, two

groups of fortifications at Arseiro and Asiago respectively

The survivors of the Shark state that Canadians, who are holding this sector, aircraft bombed Ala, Verona, Vicenza, everything on deck was swept off by

counter-attacked at seven in the morning and Schio, doing only the slighest es, especially the left wing, were luft gun fire except one gun, which the Com mander and two men worked to the last

Jam MESSAGE FROM THE KING:

LONDON, June 3rd.

of birthday congratulations from Admiral The King, replying to a loyal telegram

Sir John Jellicoe said:

I am deeply touched by the message which reaches me on the morrow of battle which has again displayed the splendid gallantry of the Officers and men under your command.

I mourn the loss of brave men,. many of whom were my personal friends, who have fallen in their coun- try's cause.

"I regret even more that the German High Seas Fleet, in spite the heavy losses, were curbled by a n

na to evade the full consequences of an encounter for which they have always expressed a desire, bus for which, when the oppor tunity arrived, they showed no incli

nation.

Though the enemy's tirement immediately after the opening of the general engagement robbed of the opportunity of gaining a decisive vic tory, the events of May 31st. amply justify my confidence in the value and efficiency of the Fleets under your Command."

RESCUED GERMANS FROM THE

ELBING."

and succeeded in gradually driving the enemy from much of the ground he had gained. The Canadians behaved with the utmost gallantry in counter-attacking auccessfully after a heavy and continuous

severe, and many German dead were bombardment. The enemy losses were

abandoned.

General Mercer and General Williams of the 3rd Canadian Division, who were inspecting the front trenches yesterday during the bombardment, are missing.

Opposite Rooyrey & small party raided a German line last night, bringing back prisoners after a sharp engagement, in which the German trench party offered. casualties. We bombed several Gorman dugouts and raided an enemy tranch south west of Augres last night, dispos ing of the garrison above ground. We also bombed five dougouts, retiring. without loss. There has been much artil- lery activity to-day at Loos

damage. Six persons were wounded. The Italians dropped a hundred bombs on cncampments in the Astico valley. Good results were observed and the airmen returned unharmed.

GENERAL

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

During the fortnight that has elapsed since the beginning of the offensive great numbers of reinforcements have been rushed up. It is believed that it was not found necessary to weaken for this pur poss the strength of the Isonzo Army,

Colonel Hepington still believes the Austrians can launch a second attack from the Isonzo, where they havs 23

ALLIES STRONG ACTION AT Divisions, without withdrawing any

SALONIKA,

MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED.

SALONIKA, June 4th. The Allies have occupied the telegraph offices, the Prefecture, the Port and Customs, simultaneously taking extensive precautions to prevent the possibility of opposition. The Commanders of the Gendarmerie and the Police were relieved of their functions, and martial law has been proclaimed.

TWO ZEPPELINS DESTROYED?

COPENHAGEN, June 3rd. Fishermen state that they saw two FIERCE GERMAN ATTACKS. Zeppeline destroyed off the west of Den-

DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES.

PARIS, June 3rd. 5.25 p.m.

A communique states:-On the left of the Meuse our positions at Hill 304 and our second lines were subjected to a severe bombardment. On the right of the Meuse the struggle continues in the Vaux Fort sector with the same desperation. All the enemy attempts against our trenches to the west and east were re-

furious assaults against the Fort itself, pulsed. The Germans multiplied their

YMULDEN, June 4th, Three Germans officers and fourteen

Elbing have been picked up and brought men belonging to the German cruiser

in. They state that the Elhing was rammed by another German warship, but one officer says the Albing-was-split-by-despite the ravages caused in their ranks the firing of her own guns.

mark on the afternoon of the 1st inst The airships were shot at and burst into flame.

BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST.

LONDON, June 3rd.

The List includes the following:-

Arthur James Bulfour, P.C.

Order of Merit. The Bight Hu

Divisions from the Russian front. far no attack on the Isonzo has material: sed.

PROGRESS OF VERDUN BATTLE.

The Battle of Verdun continuts. When the Germans took Curiores village ex perts predicted that the French would west bank of the River Meuse. Hitherto, fall back to their main defences on the

though the Germans launebed three at- tacks on a large scale, they have been unable to drive the French from their The losses of the enemy have again beon ødvanced positions on Dead Man Ridge. heavy. The losses of the French, on the contrary, except ou one day, when the Germans claimed to have captured a. not heavy, considerable number of prisoners, wore

The Germans brought up two Divisions. from the British. front, besides other troops from the reserves."

IN THE ASIATIC THEATRE. In the Asiatic theatre, north of the Acmenian Taurus, each side is apparent ly holding the other.

South of the mountains the Turks have been hurrying reinforcements along the Bagdad, railway to Bagdad, and have pushed out a fairly strong column to Rawanduz, where one Russian forca is advancing. Neither side has yet an nounced any conflict in this direction: ENEMY COMMANDS APPROACHES TO KAVALLA..

Military Cross-BH the Prince of engineers, have occupied the Greek forts A Bulgarian force, with some German Wales.

commanding the approaches to Kavaila Viscounty-Lord Reading (Lord Chief after the Balkan War but Greece took. the port which the Bulgarians desired

So far there has been no further advance, The Anglo-French force at Balonika is supplied. It has just been reinforced by believed to be very large, and to be well the reorganised Serbian Army from Corfu, all longing to be up and at the Bulgarians,

Justice).

manufacturer: Sir Kenneth Crossley

Peoragos. Mr. Georgo Coats, the thread

by our artillery and machine-guns, which

Bart.. Chairman of Crossley Bros., Ltd drove the foe back time after time. Nevertheless, in the course of the night ad Crossley Motors, Ltd: The Right The British Press does not seek to parties of the enemy penetrated a fonon. Sir Arthur Nicolson (Permanent

VIEWS OF BRITISH PRESS.

minimise the gravity of the losses. The loss of lives, which is estimated at 5,000, is unanimously deplored as being the most serious feature, but the papers emphasise that our position is relatively as good as it was at the outbreak of war, Our Battle Fleet is untouched, and our hold of the ocean communications of the world are unimpaired. Such is the end of the day to which the Germans had looked forward."

GERMANE TO CELEBRATE A

VICTORY"

north of the Fort, in the interior of which we are holding out vigorously.

VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT.

Paris, June 4th. 1.30 a.m.

bank of the Meuse there has been no in

A communiqué states-On the right

fantry action The artillers duel has continued in a most violent manner on the Thiaumont Farra and Yaux front, but the situation has not changed at Vaux Fort The enemy has not attempt ed to develop the advantage he gained last night. Our second lines on the right of the Mouse were hombarded.

BATTLE OF VERDUN.

NEARING AN END.

PADIR, June 3rd. The battle of Verdun is culminating, and the result of the gigantic struggle

LONDON," June 4th. Telegram from Berlin show that the Germans are preparing to rejoice extra vagantly over what they claim to be a naval victory. The Kaiser is expect ed at Wilhelmshaven to-day, to welcome the battered feet. The houses have been decked with flags, and celebrations in the schools have been ordered. But apart from the German losses, which are much now appears to be already in our favour, minimised in the Berlin communiqués, says a French semi-official communiqué, the crucial fact of the engagement is that The only explanation of the enemy's the proud German High Seas Fleet was stubborness, despite terrific losses is trying to come out and was held up by that he is obliged to finish so quickly as possible in order to delay, if not to pra vent, the Allies offensive.

British battle cruisers and forced to re- turn to port, refusing battle with our main fleet. The German assertion that they fought superior forces is an inven- tion obviously cirqulated to satisfy the German public. Only tour battleships were engaged.

NEWS IN NEW YORK.

British

NEW Tour, June 3rd:

A Gorman wireless brought the first nows of the naval battle to New York, osusing a break in stock but later the

MORE VESSELS SUNK. The British steamers Golconda and Blmgrovs have been sunk.

The former was bound for Calcutta and five of the crew are missing,

Under-Secretary at the Foreign Offion)

Privy Councillors-Dr. Addison, M P. (Under-Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions); Mr. C. W Bowerman Labour M.P. for Deptford; Mr. J. A. M. Macdonald, Liberal M.P. for Falkirk;

Totnes; Sir Harry Samuel, Unionist Mr. F. B. Mildmay, Unionist M.P. fo

M.P. for Norwood Division of Lambeth since 1910,

G.C.M.G-Sir Cecil Spring Hice, Bri tish Ambassador to the United States: Sir Arthur Young, Governor of the Straita Settlements,

K.C.M.G. Mr. Charles Murray Marl ing, C.B., C.M.G., British Minister at Teheran. Hon. K.C.M.G., His Highness Tunku Mohamed of Negri Sembilan.

C.M.G.—Mr. Giles, British Commul General at Nanking; Colonel Malcolm lately commanding the troops in Ceylon, BaronetsSir Max Aitken, M.P,, who

le Canadian representative at the Frout in France; Mr. A. P. Du Cros, Unionist M.P. for Hastings; Mr. Bertram Falle, Unionist M.P. for Portsmouth, The Hoa, 1. W. Fiennes, Liberal M.P. for Ban- bury, Mr. Arthur Parson.

Knights Mr. Agg Gardner, Unionist M.P. for Cheltenham; Mr. George Green wood, Liberal M.P. for Peterborough, Mr. R. Pearce, Liberal M.P. for Leek, the protagonist of the Daylight Saving Bill; Mr. G. H. Radford, Liberal MP. for Islington, E., Mr. G. T. Beilby, F.R.B. etc., Scientific Director of Chemi cal Works in Great Britain and abroad,

[Telegrams received on Saturday, and wil be found on p044 6.1 published in as “Extra”! on Sunday,

THE ENGLISH SPIRIT.

A GERMAN TRIBUTE TO THE FREEDOM:

In an article on “The Country of

writer tells his readers that on a pane Adventurers the Kolasche Zeitung draws an interesting comparison betweeu the spirit of England and Germany. The

of glass in the museum at Greenwich he discovered one day an inscription which had been written by General Gordon: "England was made by her adventurers," by the English colonists since the be He then proceeds to develop this theme of the English buccaneers and the

of the sixteenth century. Raleigh, Clive, Warren-Hastings, Rajah General Gordon, Cecil Rhodos these are the types of British adventurers. whom he takes, and he is bound to admit. that there is no one to equal them in the history of Germany England did not always treat her adventurers well. Bas she knew how to take full advantage of anything that they did. astoun

The ideas and the thoughts of these: adventurers have passed into the con- ception of English statecraft, and may be noted in all that she does. As in English and the German points of view every other sphere of practical life, the

To the English mind the State is not a are completely opposed in this respect. fixed proposition, it is not his creed,

nor is

him the State is simply the sphere in it the object of his devotion. To- which his activities can have fres opera too must; it must not demand too much tion. Therefore it must not limit hun of him. It must on the whole demand. fower datics than the rights which it concedes to him. Now that is an idea conception of Prussian German state- which entirely opposed to the whole craft. The Anglo-Saxon State takes no their homes, ne does it look after the trouble for citizens when they leave broad world, with its thousand individual. It sends its children into the sibilities and it says to them look after yourselves; I won't put any obstacle less for the two nations, German and in your way." It is therefore quito use- English, to discuss political morality cr. free loin or any other subjects of that one author England could not become great by discipline; Germany could not, attain ber greatness by

limitless free

One hundred and thirty of the crew of for his services on the Inventions Board; kind. They simply do not understand

the Golconda nearly all lascars have:

m

DUTCH AND GERMAN CLAIMS A telegram from Rotterdem states that

German claims and ask, if the Germans the Dutch papers declineato accept the British statement of facts started a rapid een landed Bome were badly injured. were victorious, why did they retire!

recovery and most of the Ineses were made up before the close

Font are missing, including the stewar-

Mr. T. A Cook, Editor-in-Chief of the

PromotionPromoted General, Lieut. General Bir W-R. Robertson Chief of the Loiperial General Staff.

On the pane of glass in Greenwich yon may see clearly written the words: "England was made by her adventurers.