Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-14
NAVAL DUEL IN
 NORTH ATLANTIC
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(centinued from Page one) cording to the British participants. AL tering his course he gradually drew perior speed and after half an hour was out of range of the British ships six inch bow-chaser.
 Chase Lasted All Night.
 All through the night the chase lasted, but somewhere in the darkness the German doubled and made off south to San Juan, where he put in for coal some days ago.
 Details of this action. the first single ship fight in which a. British man 'o-war has engaged in these waters in a hundred years. were brought to Hal flax today by H. M S. Suffolk, the flagship of Rear Admiral Cradock commanding the fourth cruiser squad ron.
 Details of the Action.
 We were steaming north on Thurs day morning last and the crew had just been ordered to general stations, when Enemy on the port bow said the flag captain of the Suffolk in giving out an official statement of the chase of the Karlsruhe today. "As soon as we knew that war was declared the ship had been prepared for battle. Fit l1IASS, dll WOO0NOAhs anu every else tha might be at al inflammable, were pitched overheard ard the sea for miles round was strewn with de- bris.
 Under these circumstances there was very little left to do when the order Clear ship for action was given. The crews went to battle stations. and the stokers were double banked or the port bow, about Il or 12 miles away. we could see the Karlsruhe and I the Kronprinz Wilhelm The Karls- ruhe had her boats out, coaling from the North German Lloyd ship and as we hurried down toward her 1t was in | the hope she had run so short in her bunkers that we could catch her.
 Germans on the Run. "As soon as the Germans sighted us I they took to their heels. The Karls- | rune did not even stop to pick up hel boats. Her men clambered aboar das best they could and she hustled away | to the northward while the Kron- bring Wilhelm steered off to the east We knew of course, that the Karls- hope was that she was short of fue and could not keep up her steam but this hope was fruitless.
 Asked Aid by Wireless.
 Nineteen thousand yards was tht | Bristol was to the north of us, tn. Berwick to the south. We called both of them up by wireless and or. dered them to ail in the chase. Tn, Berwick tried to cut off the Kronprini Wilhelm while the Bristol took a DO | sition to intercept the Karlrlhe. Al l afternoon we raced after the fleeing German. By five o'clock her smoke hat disappeared and then all our hope centered in the Bristol picking her up
 At g. o'clock that night the wei come news came. through the air to u from the Bristol, Enemy in sight 1 few minutes later came the message We are engaging the enemy
 Wanted To Be In At Finish.
 Although we must have been full, | a hundred miles astern by then, w raced on for all we were worth. w had no fear of the result if the Ger man stood up to the Bristol. for w were all sure that our fellows coul' whip tie Karlsruhe easily at clos quarters but we wanted to be in a the finish ourselves.
 "The Karlsruhe had the heels on tn Bristol too They were in action fo just about half an hour. For fey minutes the German stood up and tn ships fought broadside, the Bristol us ing her two 6-inchers and the five 4 incherS on her broadSide against tn Karlsruhe's five four-ipoint ones. Afte | a few minutes, however, the Karlsruh turned and ran The Bristol chase
 her, firing her forward six-inchers. karlsruhe's Speed Saved Her. 'Tt was difficult to make anythin 1, hge practice It was pitch darknes and the sea was heavy. Not one c
 the German shells landed anywher
 near the Bristol. but our chaps thin
 they got some shots aboard the Karls rune. However, in long range fightin under those conditions it is pretty diff
 fcult to do much and the Karlsruhe speed saved her again.
 el The Suffolk, Berwick and BristS , cruised together for several days, bJ a could get no trace of the Karlsruhe C , her consort, and finally we heard ths she had put into Porto Rico for coa I We got prize last Saturday morn ! ing off Bermuda-the German oil tank CT Leda-. which was coming up frol
 Baton Rouge for New York Sh a did not know that war had been de : clared and was very much surprise
 when we ordered her to stop with i blank shot across her bows. Howeve , they took their capture with very goo
 grace. We put prize creaw abor , and conveyed her to Bermuda, whel
 we turned her over to the examins
 tfon service and continued our vo5 age north"