Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-06
Details of First
 Real Naval Fatt g
WHICH GERMANS WON OFF THE
 CHILEAN COAST.
FOUGHT IN HURRICANE

abouts of Two German Warships
 unE<nown-t,5oo Men Went Down
 with Two British Ships.
 Valparaiso. Chile. Nov. 5.-A wire less from the British cruiser Glasgow = intercepted by the German victors- was the last word received from Rear the engagement of the Chilean coast Sunday.
 Saw Monmouth Sink.
 The Germans saw the Monmouth sink and heard an explosion on board the Good Hope that they believe sent the crippled flagship to the bottom. All that night the German cruiser Good Hope unsuccessfully. They pick ed up a radiogram directed to the flagship by the Glasgow. There was no reply.
 eso Men Went Down.
 There were about $50 men on the Monmouth when she disappeared be- heath the waves Admiral Cradoek had 800 men with him on board the Good Hope. Whether the Glasgow and the transport Otranto, which escaped destruction, survived the damage suf- fered, is not known. The whereabouts also of the German cruisers Leipzig and Bremen remains in doubt.
 British Show Bravery.
 Further details of the first really important naval battle of the war be- came known from statements made by German officers The latter did not hesitate to commend the bravery of the Britishers in the uneven cor1- bat and intimated that an effort to save lives would have been made If the weather had permitted.
 Fought in Northsr. The engagement was fought in tKe teeth of mortimer that assumed aI- most hurricane proportions.
 Small sboats could not live in the sea The heavy weather militated against the large ships and fhe Good Hope found her guns almost useless because of the ships, roll.
 5ritish Taken by Surprise.
 The German China fleet, the cruisers Scbarnhorst, Gneisenau and the Nurn- berg, had rejoined the cruisers Leipzig and Bremen, which later had been de- tached to patrol the coast north of Valparaiso. The unit proceeded south ward, apparently well aware of the rendezvous of the British off, Conceo- cion hay. At the same ii methe British cruisers Monmouth and Glasgow, ac- companied by the transport Otranto, moved north to meet the flagship Good Hope. The Britishers evidently were not aware of the proximity of the Germans and they met of Coronel ~ An Unequal Match. It was 6 o'clock Sunday night when the Germans sighted the three British ships. The latter attempted to alter their course, evidently with an .nten- tion to approach the coast and gain territorial waters and so avoid an un- equal match. The Germans. however, headed them off and forced the battle.
 Fire Concentrated on Good Hope.
 At the moment that the German guns were trained the Good Hope was seen comir,N at full speed and through good seananshfo she managed to join the other British ships. The British CTS had come about and the two squadrons sailed southward in parallel lines, the Germans being nearer the coast Gradually the two lines came horst and Gneisenau simultaneously let go their twelve eight-inch guns which they concentrated on the Good Hope. The firing continued for sev- eralA minutes without damage. The German shots fell short and the Good not reply. The smaller cruisers were far out of range.
 Battle Lines Draw Nearer.
 Slowly the sea fighters drew in near CT, and when the two units were but 5000 yards apart the Good Hope fired her two nine-inch guns. She was still unable to use her eight six-inch guns, which on the gun deck were so near the water line that as the vessel rolled they were almost awash.
 Terrible 6roadsids.
 A = Scharnhcrst and Gneisenau crippled the British flagship and her engines stopped. The Monmouth, recognizing the distress of her companion, made e. dash to cover the Good Hope, hut by that time the distance seperstinE tie two squadrons had been reduced to 5,OO0 yards and the Germans were abe to bring all their ships into action And to use all the guns of the five vessels.
 These were directed first sgs;ust The Monmouth, Glasgow and Otranto. The Otranto badly damaged, escaped ir the gathering dsrkreas and soon afterward was followed by the Glasgow. which also had been put ont of action, but continued apparently seawcrthy.
 Good Hope Sinks.
 The five German ships continued their attack on the Monmouth and Good Hope until in a few minutes the former aank. By this time only 4.50o yards separated the fighters
 The Good Hope, badly damaged, hung on until an explosion occurred on board her. She withdrew to the westward at 7.30 o'clock As she dis appeared flames were seen on board her. Whether her crew 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.
 Searched for Wounded.
 The Nurnberg searched until day break for the wounded ship, when the German officers concluded she had been lost with all her crew. The only trace found of the Britishers was in the wireless message in which tfse Glasgow called unsuccessfully for the flagship.
 It was impossible to save any of the crew of the Monmouth, as the Ger boats in the face of the gale and the Monmouth could not have lowered her