The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-10
BRITISH FINISH
OBSTRUCTION OF
GERMAN FLEET
Run Down and Destroy Dresden
and Nlrlhe'g
SUNK THREE IN FRS! BATTLE
Admiral StUfdee has Wiped Out
Entire Flotilla Of Count
Won Spec

] iAtuDN ~ t1f 'tAs W nc biAtA9A
/ feet under command Of Vice Admiral
| Sir Frederick Smrdee has completed
the destruction OF tie German fleet
commanded by Admiral Coun; Won
Spec. according 10 wireless dispatch
.eceived here.
The German cruisers NnrnbJrg
and Dresden. which escaped follow
ing the battle OF the Falkland
ISLAND on Tuesday. were pursued.
caught and sunk
SIX British cruisers Wa g engaged
IA the battle and the loss sustained
by the victors was less than hun
dred men killed and wounded.
London. Dec l0-A British squad
ron under command OF Nico-Admirai
So Frederick Stu-dee, chief OF the
war stan. engaged a German sQuard
ron under Admiral Count Won spec.
on The Falkland Islands In the South
AL ntic Tuesday. and won a victory
Witch is beng acclaimed A.oushou.
Ems nd
The armorod cruisers Scharnh ,st
md Gneacnau AID she protected
cruiser Leipzig. three o. Che German
warships Nn,Ch had been mena-lus
British shipping and part Of the squad
ton whi>h SINK the British cruisers
Good Hope and Monmouth In ae Pac
ihc on November /. were des'rol ed
The cruisers Dresden and Numbers.
the two other vessels VII ch con pos
Cd tho German squadron made on sur
Ing the hght. and according 20 latest
accounts. ee being pursued Two
golfers we're ,'ptured
The announcement OF this eng ge-
ment and victory was made last night
IN a statement by the admiralty The
following announcement WIS issued
by De lficill information bureau -
Al $50 a m on December ;. the
Leipzig and Dresden were sighted
uelf the Falkland islinds hy a Brit
lsh fquardfon under Vice Admiral sir
Frederick Sturdee
An action followed. IN the course
~ which the Schlrnho e. living the
feg OF Admiral Count Won Spec. the
Greissnau and the Leirs'g were su X.
The Dresden md Numbers m de N
DURING tho action ard were pursued
Two cCniers also we're captured
The vice.adInl 40 reports that the
flsa sualties are very few IN
nun s-re survivors have been
cued rom a.. Gneisn1u and the
L.frT
The staten refers some sur
vivo-s rescued f.n the d. risenau
and the Leipzig but l' mentloa is
made Of any @ the crew q. fhe schl.
nh3rst, which was the fagsh o, the
German admiral. being saved. a.. r.
is thus presumed that Count Won Spe.
his officers and men went down heht
inc
Beyond the fact that .he British
sQusrdron vas commanded b. Vice
Admiral stu dee no information Is
vou,hsafed regarding the ships en-
Eaged. and the newspapers are en-.
joined not 90 speculate. az Other
combinations may bee effected tn,
greatest enthusiasm prevailed in Lon.
don over The victory. and the general
imp ession. Is that @ will be complet.
I'd as the admiralty would not be
likely To send ships that could not
ovs take the Ore sden and Numbers.
v.irh are 24knot and z3knct vessels
respectively. ana probably even SLOW
or az or thcir long service. They are
80 disadvantage also because OF
their small coal capacity.
Tie British squadron which engag.
Ell the Gsmans lefi England without
The k1oEledce of the general public.
and anti isis name Vas mentioned %
Was helie.td that Vice Admiral Siur
dee vss .a-vinr ir home waters The
feet HAT Sc Nas "a en from the cost
al 90 20 cf the alr staa o. indicative
os le determination Of the British
'-ors-rnmcrf 90 cierr he Pacific ara
soufL Ati'nfic cf cil the Ge-.o'n war
ships. and Il Isl Therefore beiiescd ta't
the B-i-ish cCmmcnie o. az ttc hea-
NJ q Formidable SQUADRON
lu i'd ton to the Dresden ard
Nufnle-g. only one German warsh'p
the Karisruhe-is nov un lccountei
TO- in those waters although the q
nav be che or tao armed merchant
men vhlch the allies have rot round.
CO un ts the S-Harr horst end
Cre'srclu carh clrriei o. complement
% -5- men. the Lei-z,g 2ss. the Nurn-