Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-11-06
PICK UP A WIRELESS
FROM BRITISH SF .
is ONLY NEWS HEARD FROM
DEFEATED BRITISH
FLEET.
Germans Give Details of Sun
day S Spectacular Battle Off
Chilian Coast.

NALPARAISo, Chile, Nov "a
Y wireless cry from the British
cruiser Glasgow Intercepted by thu
German victors was the last word
received from Rear Admiral Grad
docks squadron following the en-
gagcment between the German and
British squadron off the chilean coast
sunday
The Germans saw the Monmouth
sink and heard an explosion on board
the GoOdhOpe that they believe sent
the crippled flagship to the bottom.
1 All that night the German cruiser
Nurnberg searched the seas unsuC-
Cessfully for the GoOdhOpe. They
/ picked up radiogram directed to the
/ flagship by the Glasgow. There was
no reply.
There were about six hundred and
| fifty men on the Monmouth when she
disappeared beneath the waves. Ad-
miml Craddock had 600 men with
/ him on board the Goodhope.
Whether the Glasgow and the
/ transport Otrauto, which escaped de
/ struction, survived the damage suf-
/ fcrcd Is not known The whereabouts
/
and Bremen remains In doubt.
Details of right.
/ 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
f hesitate to commend tho bravery OF
/ the Brtishcrs in the uneven combat
/ and intimatcd that an effort TO save
lives would have been made If the
weather had permitted.
The engagement was fought In the
7 teeth of a norther that was almost a
/ hurricane. Small boats could not live
/ I'm the sea. The heavy weather Mill
| tatod against the larger ships and the
/ Goodhope found her guns almost use
. less because Of the ships roll
The German China fleet, the cruis-
/ crs Scharnhurst, Gneisenau and the
/ Nurnberg, had rejoined the cruisers
7 Leipzig and Bremen, which latter had
been detached 10 patrol the coast
north OF Valparaiso. The unit pro-
cocded southwark apparently un-
aware Of the rendezvous OF the Brit
ish Off Conception bay. At the same
time the British cruisers Monmouth
and Glasgow, accompanied by the
transport Otranto, moved north 10
] meet tne IldBbnlp hoounOpe. Iue
Britishers evidently were not aware OF
the proximity Of the Germans and
they met off Coronel.
II was 8 O'Clock Sunday when the
Germans sighted the three British
ships. The latter attempted to alter
their course, evidently with an inten-
ton to approach the coast and gain
territorial waters and so avoid an un-
equal match. The Germans, however
headed them off and forced them to
battle.
Range Too Long.
At the moment that the German
guns were trained tho GoOdhope was
seen coming at full speed, and
through good seamanship she man
aged 10 Join the other British ships
The Britishers had come about and
the two squadrons sailed southwark
in parallel lines, the Germans being
nearer tho coast Gradually the two
lines drew nearer to each other and
the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sim
ultaneously let 20 their ~ eiEhtinch
guns, which they concentrated on the
Goodhope. The firing continued for
several minutes without damage. The
German shots fell short and the Good.
hope had such roll that she could