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Show CRUISER DRESDE1 IT Pjm MENS BUENOS AIRES Dec. 18 The Argan Una government has received word that the German cru ser Drcbden has arrived at Punta Arenas on the strait of Magel lan A dispatch from Puerto Gallegoa says a easel has been s ghted near there surrounded by English ships. The fate of the Dresden the last of the squadro of f e German cruisers un der Admiral Co on Spee, which was defeated by the B t ah Vice Adm ral Sir Freder ck Sttirdce s squadron off the Falk and islands December 8 seems stUI to be a matter of conjecture. Dispatches from Buenos Aires yesterday reported that the Dresden was stranded a,t Puerto tal egos, while a alparaso Chile dis patel by way of London said that the Dresden had taken refuge in an Inlet on t e coast of Patagonia. In the recent engagement according to the off cial report the German cruisers Gne senau Scharnhorst Lelpz g and urnberg were sunk The Dresden made her escape toward the end of tl e en gagement In the direction of th straits of Magellan and was pursued by the British Another German cruiser not accounted for which however did not take part ln the battle. Is the Karlsruhe. A re cent dispatch from Beunos Aires gave tho report that the German battle cruiser Von Der Tann had reached the soutl At lan tic. There are also to or three merchant me which have been converted into cruisers The d spa ten Indicated that this vessel probablv was a German and sa d that in appearance she resembled the Nurn fterg The Nurnberg however was re po ted by Vice Admiral Sturdee to have been sunk by the British squadron A later dispatch recc ved from Puerto Ga egos said the essel had disappeared and ha it was be eved she had sunk |