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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
16
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a metal coat hanger branded Imperial by Deni son with a crepe paper finish. Details are unclear due to damaged text but indicate a foldable metal hanger item.
Bainburg June 5 An officer from a British destroyer recounted the great sea battle last week. He described dense smoke and erratic German gunnery, the Iron Duke steering through flames, and a destroyer torpedoing a battleship before a fatal shell wiped out its bridge crew. He cited heavy losses on the German side and named ships like Hindenburg and Lutzow among those lost or damaged.
Berlin reports that Admiral Jellicoe led a fleet of twenty six powerful warships including six Queen Elizabeth class vessels and battle cruisers in a major North Sea engagement. German forces directed heavy fire at close range eight miles and under, causing substantial British damage while German losses remained undisclosed for strategic reasons.
London reports the British naval review of the Jutland clash. The British fleet held the scene all morning June 1, traversed the field four times, and found no enemy to engage. Commanders described the engagement from the British perspective with limited direct action reported.
London reports a total of over three hundred officers killed in the Jutland Battle per admiralty lists. Most officers aboard Queen Mary Invincible Inflexible Defence Black Prince, destroyers Tipperary Turbulent Fortune Ardent Nomad Nestor Sparrowhawk perished. Warrior casualty spared officers saved from other ships. Berlin notes German admiralty claim subs sank a destroyer May 1 and Euryalus burned at Skagerrak. Prices for high-grade ore surged after wartime restrictions.
San Francisco June 6 Cable dispatches from Shanghai to the Chinese Republic Journal indicate the Nanking conference failed to resolve China's troubles. Yuan Shi Kai, distrusting Feng Kuo Chang, ordered his armies to attack the military governor, with fighting anticipated. Foreign ambassadors question Yuan's ability to protect interests while the southern revolution plans an ultimatum backing Li Yuan Hung as legal successor and pledging no compromise if Yuan stays. Governors of seceding provinces reject Peng Kuo Chang's proposal to send delegates to Nanking.
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