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Show GREATEST NAVAL BATTLE EVER FOUGHT ENGAGED SOME OF WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIPS 1'liotoa by American I'roos Auoclatlon. ITho batllo cruiser Invincible which tho PrltlRh admit lon'iig In the grent North ci battle, wna a vessel of 17.250 tons. SH took pari In tlie ninul eiiKasoment ofT the Falkland lilunds In Decqmbcr of 19H. In which the German fncldc nuadron. wlilcli hud mnde Its way Into tlie Atluntle after defeating u HrltlKh squadron off tho.Qljllesn cnast. was destroyed. Tro Ilrltlsli drcndimilKht Mnrlborouuh, said by the GermnnM to have been stiuck by a torptdo. vn tit the Iron Duke class, bhe wns built nt Devonporl In 19H and illsplucwl M.CiW tons. The MurlborouKh was CM feet lonir. W(4 feet benm and 21 feet Uep Tho German battleship I'ommern. lost In tho light, was n second lino vessel, with n .ilsnlJcement of IW" tons Ucr full complement of men and uttlrer wns T."0 She was 3l feet long, with a depth of tncntv-ono feet. The Willi was bum t-i .)7 nt a cost of JiUXAow The HrltlBli battle erulsci i..u ulron Is commandeil by Vlco Admlrul Hlr Du-vld Du-vld I om.v ' i- . ,, ineilciiiK may be suio to tm npeelally IntcroLlcd. bccuiini he la married to M. American, the dnuKhter or the I. .to Mint., n I i. d t f t'lm iiifo. "u e llfiirv of Prussia, brother of l-.nipeior William, Is rommnnder In chief of the ucrtnnn Meet, l.ui not In tomnun i ,i ti ., the battle, that honor faltlnte to Vlco Admiral Bcheer commander of tho hlKli hea ('net Sfirii's of the battle en. ili.it the nullity of the German lleet was duo to the eneriiotlc demands of Cm-peror Cm-peror Wllllnni m mi iiroiher nnd Admiral ot 'ii--lte, minister of the navy, on tho emperor recent visit to Wllhelrnn-Imven Wllhelrnn-Imven No I. the Ponun'-rn: No. S. I'rlnro Ilenrv No X Admiral Ilentiy; No. 4, the Invincible .j II the Mailboroush. The !!' ' ' i' i t,i , f (he Mnrll"" '"' I |