St. John's Daily Star, 1916-06-06

              the st john's daily star new found land volume ii 3.00 per ainum tuesday june 6,1916 price one cent no 131 action cost germans 17 war vessels british admiralty says it has now been definitely assertained that germans lost two battleships two battle cruisers four light cruisers eight destroyers and a submarine north sea engagement crippled german navy its losses and damages will render the kaiser's fleet even more insuf ficient in the future than in the past—presence of the hun ships in north sea explained i ondon june 6.—latest reports re ceived from the admiralty have en abled the associated press to give the following review of the naval engage ments off jutland coast with various incidents and the results as viewed from the british side during the night of may 31st and june ist the british destroyers made aj determined attack on the retreating j german battle fleet which hastened its flight the british fleet remained in possession of the scene o battle during : the morning of june ist and traversed the field four timeo finding no enemy j to fire upon the commander-in-chief took his fleet back to its bases at his leisure and five hours after reported that tjie battle fleet as already for action heavy hun losses as regards he german losses defi nite evidence it is declared ha now been obtained thai they were deliber ately falsified and that the following were totally destroyed two battle cruisers one at least probably two battleships four light cruisers eight de stroyers one submarine and the re mainder of the german battle cruiser squadron may have reached their home port but the ships are all severe ly damaged as also were the ships of the koenig class which were under the fire of a portion of the british bat tle fleet besides the above the associated slaughter surpasses imagination j german troops hurled forward in mass formation to attack verdun positions are simply mown down in heaps by the french machine guns daris june s.—ln their separated attacks on fort vaux one of the outlying defences of verdun along the front east of the meuse the geramns are hurling forward infantry masses in compact form the first rank were obliged to advance to certain death columns tried to debouch from the village to th>e slopes near the fort for three days this spot has been the scene of carnage which saturated the ground with blood one german co'umn advanced no iurther than the bottom of the ravine the front ranks pushed by those be hind fell as fast as they reached the dead line and were swept by french quick-firers as they toppled over others carrip on to take their places and fc'l in line # french officers who have returned from the verdun front although har dened by the worst sights of war de clare that the butchery there surpass es imagination left to go to russia earl kitchener was to i visit petrograd to cod fer with russian mili tary nlen regarding l asia minor campaign land the eastern offen sive by ed l keen press staff correspondent special to the st john's daily star london june 6.—pub liy consternation and a idfnzement followed the announcement of kit ch ef er's death flags were dropped to half-mast aftd blinds were drawn officials wore an ott that indicated they cfrarly had no hope that rtitehener had escaped vffom the disaster that ov eftook th c warship ifampshire on which he wfas proceeding to rus sia jjearl kitchener's fatal vbvage toward russia is bvlieved to have had an important bearing on tile russian advance in asia minor i the staff n ... othe latest list gjves earl kitchener's sftff i>ersoun,el as fol l(fevs * private secretaries h j|creedv capf sir l c arthur personal mili tary secretary lieut l>1 o a fitzgerald ; also attached to earl kitchener's staff were a e leath ath major c l starr military secretaryto the secretary of state for war and secretary of tlae selection board ma j|r-genl.f.s.robb,as military secre tary col e e none gvil assistant to the ivfpitary secretary r wi moore iffihe proceeding com promised the business executive staff and there a strong doubt that tie admiralty list appli e to this organisation british bases s the main bases of the british--fleet are suppos ed to be in the neighbor h|)od of the islands to the nprth of scotland and it is fherefot*e believed that lyitchener's purpose was tp review the battle fleet after the jutland fight a late announcement f the admiralty says searching parties nd boats along the shore l|ave found drowned bod hs and one capsized boat alid there is still a faint hope that possibly some of the personnel of the hampshire have reach earl kitchener shocked london l p empire's capital hard hit by announcement of tragic death of the great military organ iser—flags half-mast ed and blinds drawn special to st john's daily star united press correspondence london june 6.—the loss of earl kitchener secretary of state for war britain's greatest military organiser con queror of the sudan with his entire staff when the cruiser hamp shire sank off the ork ney islands struck by a mine or a torpedo offici ally announced bv the british admiralty today is england's greatest personal loss since the beginning of the war the news which stun ned london already in ured to war shocks was embodied in a statement issued officially as fol lows the admiralty re ports with deep regret that the warship hamp shire with earl kitchen er and staff on board was sunk last night off the orkney islands by a mine or a torpedo observers on the shore saw four boats leave the ship heavy seas were running but the patrol vessels and de stroyers proceeded to the scene immediately the whole shore has been searched but it is greatly feared that there is little hope of any hav ing survived no report has yet been received from search parties oh shore it is considered prob able that earl kitchener was on his way to russia to confer with high offi cials regarding a pro gramme to meet any new german move earl kitchener was re sponsible for the defence of england against the event of an attended german invasion tragical voyage earl kitchener and his entire military staff lose lives when crui ser hampshire is tor pedoed off the north coast of scotland special to st john's daily star london june 6.—earl kitchener and his en tire staff of officers were lost with the warship hampshire , was torpedoed special to st john's daily star london june 6.—earl kitchener british min ister of war with his en tire staff was lost when the cruiser hampshire was sunk off the north coast of scotland the admiralty annou ncement indicates that the warship was torped oed little hope is express ed that anybody escap ed all were lost • london june 6 kit chener and his s,taff were on board a british cruis er which was sunk by a mine 6r torpedoed off the orkneys it is feared that all are | lost report confirmed london june 6.—the admiralty confirms the kitchener report london june 6 the evening stan dard commenting on the latest action at ypres says paardberg neuve chapelle st julien and st eloi have shed undying lustre on the canadian armies hun retreat a confession of a defeat new york paper grows sarcastic about kaiser's bombastic messages regarding work of german fleet in north sea engagement jjew york june 6—the herald com ments on the north sea battle as follows granting the crater damage was inflicted on the british in the earlier stages and even this as the air clears is open to doubt the german abandon ment of the battle scene is a confession if not an acknowledgementjof defeat in the meantime flags of rejoicing are flying in the fatherland the kaiser is telegraphing messages and reciting the triumph of his fleet over a greatly superior force the kaiser does well to praise the skill and gallantly of his officers and competency of his ships but with the british still commanding and maintain ing a relentless blockade does he be lieve what he says or is he kept in purposed ignorance if the truth acasta safely towed to port was one of destroyers the germans reported sinking london june s.—the british de stroyer acasta which the germans claimed to have sunk has arrived at a n e coast port under tow of an other destroyer the shell which put her out of ac tion after she had been in the thick of the fight for 40 minutes exploded in the engine-room killing five men after that we were helpless said one of her crew and with shells falling al aroung us we expected soon to be sent to the bottom but luckily none struck us still heavy fighting in the verdun region paris jung 5 with unqimintshecl violence the germans continued their attacks last night along verdun east of the meuse in the region of vaux and dam loup between the fort and utlage on damloup the germans offensive was particularly severe the french are still in possession of fort vaux in the vicinity of douau mont there was heavy artillery fight ing unsuccessful raids were under taken in the vosgcs stunning stupendous deafening eye-witness describes the scene as the iron duke rushed into the battle hurling her great shells at the enemy—"hundreds of heaviest guns roared out at once masses of water rose in air like great geysers warrior and defence almost blown out of the water by concentrated fire of germans—great work done by one of the british destroyers i ondon june 5.—survivors of the british cruiser warrior who were 1 landed at devonport say that the warrior and the cruiser defence steamed between the two lines of ger man warships with the result that within a few minutes the defence was blown into the air and the warrior t badly riddled . a storm of german shells exploding on the deck of the warrior almost suffocated the crew with the gasses when the germans were at length driven off by british the pumps were manned on the bat tered sinking ship and succeeded in keeping her afloat until an auxiliary ship came alongside and took off the wounded the auxiliary took the warrior in tow for 4 hours when she foundered a survivor said iron duke in action i watched fhe iron duke swing through the seas letting off broadside after broadside wicked tongues of flame leaping through clouds of smoke in the direction of the battle it was stunning stupendous and deafening as hundreds of the heaviest guns in the world roared out at once great mas ses of water rose in the air like water spouts reaching as high as the masts as salvos of german shells fell short or went over their target it was impossible to see what was * happening among the ships of the foe smoke obscured everything so effectu ally that one could only glimpse at intervals when the kindly wind blew a lane through the pal it was appar ent that the best ships of the efiemy were engaged but how many neither eye nor glass could make out it was equally impossible to see what damage we were causing only those high in command knew the progress of the battle • continued an page 2 continued on page two i continued on page 2 i table covers in velvet pile j 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