GERMAN NAVAL LOSSES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16253, 12 June 1916, Page 6

GERMAN NAVAL LOSSES.

17 DESTROYERS MISSING.

FIVE SUBMARINES SUNK.

REPORTS THROUGH NEUTRALS

(Received June 11, 7 p.m.)

Amsterdam, June 10.

Travellers from Berlin state that they heard that the battle-cruiser Derfflinger had been sunk.

Messages from Kiel , state that five German submarines have not returned after the North Sea battle, and are regarded as lost. A mercantile skipper, who is a frequent visitor to German harbours, states that the sunken Pommern was a battle-cruiser just completed before the action.

The Dutch trawler Barencz, which was stopped by the Germans and taken to Cuxhaven, reports that it was learned at Cuxhaven that six large German warships, including the Dreadnoughts Ostfriesland, and also seventeen destroyers, have not returned after the North Sea battle.

BRITISH OFFICERS' VIEW.

20 DESTROYERS SUNK.

(Received June 11. 3.20 p.m.)

London, June 10. Officers on furlough are amazed at the Germans' claims in connection with the naval battle. They describe the attacks of the enemy destroyers as feeble in the extreme. The Germans seemed not to dare to persist in the attacks. Their firing was accurate at first, but directly the ships were hit it became wild. An officer states that the Germans lost two ships of the Kaiser class, two battle-cruisers, four cruisers, 20 destroyers, and that five German big ships were on fire. The second salvo from British ships at 8000 yds disposed of all the turrets on the Lutzow except one. The Lutzow then burst into flames.

MESSAGE FROM FRANCE.

HEARTFELT ADMIRATION.

Pabis, June 10.

The President, M. Poincare, has telegraphed to King George as follows:

"Now that authentic information is available concerning the .great battle between a portion of the British fleet and the entire German fleet, the magnitude of the results achieved are brilliantly evident. The traditional regard for truth which the British Admiralty has displayed renders more evident the happy results." The President asks His Majesty to convey the sympathy of France to the. mourners, and an expression of the nation's heartfelt admiration of the victorious combatants.

. King George has warmly thanked the President for his high tribute in connection with the naval victory. The message adds: "Notwithstanding the enemy's efforts to conceal the truth I am happy to find that France and our other allies have Appreciated the glorious results our brave sailors obtained."

JAPAN KNOWS THE TRUTH.

Times and Sydney Sun Services.

London, June 9.

The correspondent at Tokio of the London Times states that the extraordinary news received on Saturday greatly depressed the foreign communities, but further reports restored confidence. The battle is now seen in its true perspective. The Japanese Naval Department is publishing communiques from its own official reports confirming the British statements. i