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neutral port. There seems little chance
that either of them can get across the
Atlantic and through the Channel to
safety.
Nobody here expects the Admiralty to
publish full details OF the battle or the
composition of Admiral Sturdee's squad
ron until all risk of assisting the enemy
by divuging the numbers and disposi-
lion OF the ships has disappeared This
perhaps will not be before the German
cruisers karlsruhe and Bremen have
been found. II may be even longer. be-
cause the armed liners Prince Eitel and
Kronprnz Wilhelm and some other armed
auxiliaries are yet To be Accounted for.
The Admiralty liz still without many
details of the Falklands action, so far as
the public knows. The announcements
have been very briei. although satisfying
in that they told of an overwh lining Brit
ish victory with little loss. lie state
ment issued to-day said:
A further telegram has been re-
ceived from Admira Sir frederick
Sturdee reporting that the Nurnberg
also was sunk on December and
that the search for the Dresden IS
still procee ding.
The action lasted for five hours.
with intervals. The Scharnhorst sank
after three hours and the Gnetsenau
two hours later The enemy's Eght
cruisers scattered and were chased
No loss OF any British vessel IL re-
ported.
From this announcement the naval eN-
merits Of the London newspapers ara aole
to deduce something OF the nature OF
the engage ment and something about the
congestion Of the British fleet, not as
TO the names OF the vessels but as to
the class of the units in Admiral Stur-
dees special squadron.
4 Running Fight.
The fight was apparently a running one.
The German ships tried to get away wneh
they saw they were outnumbered. Inc
British had what may be called "sate
leet that is their principal ships were
powerful enough to destroy the enemy
big units and ut the same time protect
the smaller British vessels. which couId
remain In safety until only opponents oil
their own rating remained.
Furth.rmorc Admiral Sturdee must
have had some very fast cruisers with
him. otherwise the destruction OF the
Leipzig and NurnbcrR could not nave
been accomplished and the Dresden would
not he in immediate danger The Leipzig
could make NOR" than twenty-three knots
and tn. Nurnberg about twenty-tour
Cruisers OF equal or greater speed were
required to hunt them down
As an immediate result OF the battle
the insurance Of cargoes to South Ameri-
was impossible. is likely to be resumed
The Government announced to-day that
the per cent. rate on South American
cargoes would be reduced 20 M per cent
beginning with December IL.
Congratulatory messages Ia e been
sent to Admiral Sturdee by King George
and by Sir John French. The announce
ment OF the naval victory II said to have
been received with the creates enthu-
siam by GEN. French's force on the Con-
-. 4 NV.asr al "a
said;
II congratulate you and the Admiralty
on having practically swept the seas clear
Of the .Hemy's ships"
Messnge From French Minister.
Winston $. Churchill. First Lord OF the
Admiralty, received to-day message
of congratulation from NJ. Augagneur.
French Minister OF Marine.
Before the announcement that the
Nurnberg had been sunk reports had been
published here from South American
points. notably Montevideo. that the Ores
den and the Nurnberg were making for
the port of Santa Cruz on the Argentine
coast, west ofsthe Falkland Islands, holly
pursued by the British cruisers.
Reports also were curren. in Monte
video that the Priuz Eitel German aux
Hilary cruiser, is in the South Atlantic
with 1900 German soldiers aboard. \
few days ago this ship was reported tC
have sunk a British merchant vessel OF
the east coast OF South America.
Still another report from Buenos Ayres
is that three German marchant ships
were sunk bv British or Japanese ar.
TERRA del Fuego. the southei
point of South America. on Sunday. The
information was received by the Argen
tine Government from the commander o
the Argentine transport Pedra Buena
lie reported that five warships and 2
transpor. were in the fleet and that on,
OF the German ships belonged to thu
Kosmos Line, a German concern.