The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-10
Cruisers Which Sunk Good
Hope and Monmouth Are
Sent to Atlantic S Bottom
Battle Fought OF
Falkland Islands
Two German Ships Escape But
Are Being Pursued Some
Germans Are Rescued From
Sinking Ships

London, Dec. s. t.:5. = Nj
IL WAS announced officially here
.rday that the German cruisers
SchaInhorst, t,nei>enan and I4cip-
rig had been sunk i'm the so,,tf,
.N,Iaptic.
The following announcement
was issued by the official inforlna-
ton bureau:
AZ s:30 \. NJ. on tho sth OF
December. the Scbariilsorst. GBci-
sehau. >urnberg. Leipzig and
Dresden were sighted near the
Falkland Islands by British
ednadroD under Nice-Admirai Sir
Frederick Sturdee.
AN action followed. in the
course Of which the Sclarnl,or-<t.
flying the flag of .tdmira Cpunf
yon Spec: toe Gnciscaau and
the Leipzig were sunk The Drcs-
den and the Nurnberg made on
during the action. and arc being
pursued.
Two golfers also were cap
tured.
The sfcc-admirai reports that
the British casualties were very
few In number.
Some nj the Survivors have
been rescued from the Gueiscnau
and the Leipzig"
German Loss Probably 500 Men
Details OF the greatest naval en-
saGcu,eHE OF the war are lacking but
he meagre information received b.
lie admiralty from Admiral Sturdea
eads to tho belief that the fight Wa
replica of tho meet off tho Caiiea I,
,oast when Sir Christopher Cradioc
ed his squadron into disaster, with
he exception that on this occa sion ihe.
British guns uutraugcd tbs Germans
The admiralty announcement says tina /
very few men" were lost, AID it ia
that tho casualties were
exactly three. This tes1ifies muteIg 10
he inability Of the German canno.s
20 cope with the superior armament OF
heir antagonist.
The German ships which were sent
% the bottom had n normal compile
ment Of 1876 men. the Scharnhorst
and Gneisenru. sister ships. carrying
a65 each, and the little Leipzig aSs.
What were the ships iii Admiral Stur-
iee's squadron. can only he coniec-
iured. Before the war began he was
IN command Of the second cruiser
squadron. and so far as is known here
he still held that post, having the
armored cruiser Shannon as his flag
ship. and the Minotaur and Defense,
Al three az he same class, and carry !
ing main battery OF four 90 inch
guns. 10 a displacement of 1850 IONS.
Won Spec Goes Down with Ship.
Apparently the Scharnhors. WIS
sunk ST. adicA ~ that no help could 10
given to the men aboard her, Admiral
Won Spec went down with his ship.
che Gneisenau and tho Leipzig cositn
lot have resisted long. and they. too,
must have gone to the bottom in 4
brief time That the Dresden uk
Nurnberg were able to get away is due
% their speed, and probably also 70
he fact that the attention of the Britt
sh squadron was concentrated on the
anger ships. Since Craddock's defeat
here has been firm determination In
,very part of the British navy to hunt
)ut Won Spec and make him pay for
lis exploit in the Pacific.
The admiralty's brief announcement
f the naval victory set London, and
indeed every Fart OF the British Isles
ntc a Juror. of enthusiasm.
Great crowds gathered in fl ant IT
he admiralty Office where the notice
vas posted, demanding further details.
This Is the German fleet which sunk
he Good Hope and the Monmouth, OF
he British fleet commanded by Adj
niral Craddoc H. Oft the coast Of Chill,
several weeks, In this engage ment
Adtnirai rraGdock lost his life. An
The Cneis2nau MAS an arnlore&
'ruiser huiit In 1905, OF IL, leo tons
she carried crew Of 164 men. and
,ad a speed OF cas- knots. Her urnnn-
ncnt MAS eight S.. inch guns six 81
nch twenty 80 inch, and faurteen
mailer. She also had -FOUR torpedo
uhes
The Leipzig was third-clasa
-ruser. built In 1906, with q tonnage
,f $500 tons, ut cost OF sip212.500
;hc carried crew 81 500. and had
speed Of twenty three knots. She
'arrisd ten Al inch guns, and fourteen
guns.
The Scharntorst was an HrmoreA
ruiser bull. in 1905. Of 1i,Ac0 TONS
md had speed us gas knots. ShsI
'arried crew OF 1si men, ana an
Of eight So inch guns. afx
10 inch. twenty "a inch, and four
cen smaller.
Arrested rcr Taking tIuEx..