The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-04
Two OF Kaisers Armored Vessels and
Three Lighter Ships Give Battle, De-
stroying the Monmouth and Badly
Damaging the Good Hope
LIGHT CRUISER GLASGOW FLEES
TO REFUGE IN CORONEL HARBOR
German Fleet Leaves Kiel, Enters North Sea
Dover and Dunkirk Hear---Mine
Sinks British Submarine

horst, Gneiscnau. Leipsic. Dresden and
SurnberR were In Pacific waters preying
on tho commerce Of the allies. The last
heard OF the Good Hope and OF the
Monmouth was that they were IN the At
lantiG. II is possible that the British
squadron was commanded by Rear Ad-
m!ral Sir Christopher 'radock.
II the news Is accurate the British navy
has suffered reverse as great almost as
the loss OF the three armorcd cruisers
Hogie, Greasy and Aboukr. torpedoed by
a submarine on September 90 IN the North
Sea. The Good Hope Is greatly superior
TO the three IN tonnage and IL virtually a
batteshlp. The Monmouth was almost
equa. to any of the three. Tho Glasgow
is light cruiser OF n class inferior 90 the
Hawke and Hermes
The Good Hope. OF l41oo tons, IS 500
feet long. had speed OF 23i, knots and
carried 500 men. She vas launched n
1902. Her armament consists Of two 70
inch guns. sixteen : inch guns and four
teen 3 inch guns. with smaller batteries.
Tie Monmouth. Of $500 tous. was 40
feet long. had specl ~ 22is knots and
carried 537 men. She was launched in
1908. Her armament consisted Of four
teen inch guns ami twenty small guns.
! The Glasgow. u Hight cry.ssr Is ~ $50
TONS has a speed OF 20 knots and carries
316 men. She was launched iu 1909.
| The two German urmorrd cruisers carry
guns almost az powerful. as those mounted
OF the Good Hope. Tht ScharruOTst and
Gneisenau are practically sister ships and
each - NJ tl,i20 tons The former has a
speed OF 22ig knots. carries 16i men and
! has an armament OF eight So inch guns.
six 80 inch guns and thirty -four smaller
guns. Tho CiueEenau has a speed OF 23.N
| krot5, carries 153 men and has an arma-
meut OF eight ; inch suns. six 90 Inch
guns and thi-ty-fOur smaller suns. Both
ships were launched n 1908.
! Tie three German iE cruisers or third
! class cruisers gore about OK equal tom
mage and power. Tho Dresden. OF 3,544
! tons, Is able TO make - RnJts an hour,
! carries 1851 men and has an armament Of
| twelve IL inch guns ana eight small guns
The Surnberg. OF 3.396 tons. Is 362 feet
long. has a speed OF 23is knots, carries
1922 men and has an armament Of ten 3. !
inch guns and twelve small Guns. tn"
Deipsic. of 5000 tons. Is - feet long, mas
n speed OF 20 knots, carries So3 men and
has an armament Of ten 81 inch guns
and fourteen small guns. The Number
and Dresden we're launched IN 1905 and
the Leipsc in 1906.
The action OF the Chilean coast was
the third open sea battle OF the war. II
the first, fought Of Helgoland the Ger
mans were beaten by a greatly superior
fleet losing four Hight cruisers and tive
destroyers. In the second, off the coas
Of Holland they were again beaten, losnt
four destroyers sunk by II British scou
cruiser accompanied by four destroyers
In the action yesterday. where they hA'
the advantage IN numbers. they were de
/ Cislvely successful
So far they have had the advantag'
OF the naval warfare. an advantage du'
largely 10 the achievements OF one sub
marine, the 10, now reported a.
stranded. The Germans have destroy'r
or disabled thirteen British warships. .
these i've were Rrmored cruisers th'
Hogue, Greasy. Aboukr, Good Hope an,
Monmouth six light cruisers. the Am
phlon, Pathfinder. Pegasus, Hawke
Hermes and Glasgow; one torpedo gun
boat. the Speedy, ana one submarine, tn
AE-l. The loss Of the Good Hope is IN
most serious single loss suffered by m
British navy.
The British have destroyed i've .igh
cruisers, two converted cruisers, six dc
stroyers, four RunbOats, a mine layer hn'
one submarine and have disabled Ign
cruisers and destroycrs which escaped e
the Kiel Canal. The Germans have los
the light cruisers Magdeburg, koln
Nainz. Ariadne and Hela.