Our losses were naturally severe. But that must be expected
in naval battles. Relatively to their strength, the Germans lost snore heavily, and it is quite likely that even their absolute losses were heavier than ours. We lost the battle-cruisers Queen Mary,' Indefatigable,' and Invincible,' and the cruisers 'Defence' and Black Prince.' The 'Warrior' was disabled, and after being towed for some way had to be abandoned. We also lost eight destroyers. No British battleship was sunk, no light cruiser, and no submarine. The German losses cannot, of course, be determined exactly, but the Admiralty, which is not given to making state- ments without warrant, has "the strongest ground "—nothing less than the evidence of eyewitnesses, we imagine—for believing that they included two battleships, two Dreadnought cruisers of the most powerful type, two of the latest light cruisers (' Wies- baden ' and Elbing '), a light cruiser of the 'Rostock' type, the light cruiser Frauenlob,' at least nine destroyers, and a submarine. There is other evidence, less good but thoroughly worthy of con- sideration, that the Germans lost no fewer than twenty vessels all told. It seems probable that the great new German battle- cruiser Hindenburg ' was among the losses.
