SAFE IN FORT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11716, 5 June 1916, Page 1

SAFE IN FORT.

WARSPITE, MAFIBORCUGH, j ACASTA. I i LOXDOX, June -1. j The Admiralty informed neutral. Journalists that they would have an. . early opportunity of seeing th<" 'War- , f spite, and Marlborough and the ue-»- 1 troyer Acaita safe in ;

OUTSTANDING FACTS. ENGAGEMENT AT12,000 YARDS. GERMAN 17INCHERS NOT SEEN LONDON, June 4. The outstanding facts are:— 1. That there were no surprises. 2. That the mythical German 17in guns failed to materialise. 3. That the loss of life was very heavy. \ 4. That Zeppelins were conspicuous by their absence. o. That gunnery caused greater material loss than torpedoes. 6. That the engagement was fought at a distance of. between 10,000 and 12,000 yards. 7. That the battle occurred in four phases, beginning with evenly matched battle-cruisers; then a fight between light cruisers, ending in the sudden appearance of the German battleships, and followed by the approach of the British battleships and the hasty retreat of the' Germans. Finally, there was the German destroyer attack.Fighting between the battle-cruisers began at three o'clock on "Wednesday afternoon; the battleships finished at nine o'clock in the evening) and the destroyer attack continued later.