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Show BRITISH SAILORS SHOWED BRAVERY rwiin. via London, Nov. fi. 1:20 a. m. Fog was responsible for the loss of the German cruiser Yorck, which struck a mine and sank in Jade bay an inlet of the North sea. on November Novem-ber 4 This statement is made by the Lokal Anze.iger Valparaiso. Chile, Nov 5 A win less cry from the Rritlsh cruiser Glasgow Glas-gow Intercepted by the German victors vic-tors was the last word received from Rear Admiral Cradock's squadron fol lowing the engagement off the Chilean Chile-an coast Sunday. i ne tiermans saw tne Monmoutn sink and heard an explosion on board the Good Hope that they believe sent the crippled flagship to the bottom j All that night the German cruiser Nurnberg searched the spas unsuccessfully unsuc-cessfully for the Good Hope. They picked up a radiogram directed to the flagship by the Glasgow. There was no reply. There were about 650 men on the Monmouth when she disappeared beneath be-neath the waves. Admiral Crndork had 900 men with him on board the Good Hope Whether the Glasgow and the transport Otranto. which escaped es-caped destruction, survived the damage dam-age eustalsed is unknown The whereabouts also of the German erui-B erui-B r-t Leipzig and Bremen remains in doubt. Further details of the first really i ft ft .1 L.ltl. .1 ft 1 V- imporiam naii uauie ui me ui utr-enme utr-enme known from statement made by German officers The latter did not hesitate to commend the bravery cf the Britishers and intimated that an effort to save lives would have been made If the weather had permitted. Fought During Storm. The engagement was fought in the teeth of a norther that assumed almost al-most hurricane proportions Small boats could not live in the sea. The heavy weather militated against the larger ships and the Good Hope found her guns almost useless because of the ship's roll. The German China fleet, the cruisers crui-sers Rcharnhorst, Gneisenau and the Nurnberg. had rejolsed the cruisers Leipzig and Bremen which latter had been detached to patrol the coast north of Valparaiso The unit proceeded pro-ceeded southward apparently well aware of the rendezvous of the British Brit-ish off Concepcion bay At the same time the British cruisers Monmouth and Glasgow accompanied by the ' transport Otranto. moved north to mept the flagship Good Hope The I Britishers evidently were not aware i of the proximlt of the Germans and the.v met off Coronel. It wa 6 o'clock Sundsv when the Germans sighted the three British ship3 The latter attempted to alter their course, evidently with on intention to approach ap-proach the coast and gain territorial waters and so avoid an unequal match The Germans however, headed them off and forced the battle Germans Nearer Coast. At the moment that the German guns were trained the Good Hope was seen coming at full speed, and through good seamanship she managed to Join the other British ships The Britishers British-ers had come about and the two squadrons squa-drons sailed southward In parallel lines, the Germans being near the coast Gradually the two lines came nearer to each other and the Scharn-horst Scharn-horst and Gneisenau simultaneously let go their twelve eight Inch guns which they concentrated on the Good Hope. The firing continued for several sev-eral minutes without damage. The German shots fell short and the Good Hope had such a roll that she could not reply The smaller cruisers were far out of range. Slowly the sea fighters drew in nearer and when the two units were but 6000 yards apart the Good Hope fired her two nine-inch guns She was still unable to use her eight six-Inch six-Inch guns which, on the gun deck, were so near the water line that as the vessel rolled they were almost awash Flagship Cripple. A terrible broadside from the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau crippled the British flagship and hr engines stopped The Monmouth rerognlz-ing rerognlz-ing the distress of her companion, made a dash to cover the Good Hope, but by that time the distance separ atlng the two squadrons had been reduced re-duced to 50011 ards and the Germans were able to bring all their ships into action and to use all the guns of the five vessels These were directed first against the Monmouth. Glasgow and Otranto The Otranto badlv damaged, escaped in the gathering darkness and soon afterward was followed fol-lowed by the Glasgow, which also had been put out of action, but continued apparently seaworthy The five German ships continued their attack on the Monmouth anil Good Hope until in a few minutes the former sank. By this time only 4500 yards separated the fighters The Good Hope, badly damaged, hung on until an explosion occurred on board her. She steamed west at 7:30 o'clock. As she disappeared flames were 6een on board her Whether her crw was able to stop the fire or if the explosion finally sunk her is not known The flames died down and she was not seen again. The Nurnberg searched until daybreak day-break for the wounded ship, when the German officers concluded that she had been lost with all her crew. The only trace found of the Britishers was in the wireless message in which the Glasgow called unsuccessfully for the flagship. It was impossible to save any of the crew of the Monmouth, as the Germans could not put over their small boats in the face of the gale and the Monmouth could not have lowered low-ered her boats. . rvn |