Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-06
WHOLE BRITISH
SQUADRON MAY
Be DESTROYED
Victorious Germans Pick Up
Wireless Call From Cruiser
Glasgow, Off Chilean Coast
All Then Silent,
L.r .e.r,ns ,oy.n.. .,.el.. ...s.o was

Rear Admiral Cradoeks squadron fol-
lowing the engagement off the Chilean
coast sunday.
The Germans saw the Monmouth
sink and heard an explosion on board
the Good Hope that they believed sent
the crippled flagship TO the bottom.
An that night the German cruiser
Nuremberg searched the seas unsuc-
cessfully for the Good Hope. They
picked up a radiogram directed TO the
Flagship by the Glasgow. There was
no reply.
There were about $50 men on the
Monmouth when she disappeared be-
meath the waves. Admiral Cradock
had 900 men with him on the Good
Hope.
Whether the Glasgow and the trans
port Otranto, which escaped destruc-
ton. survived the damage suffered Is
not known. The whereabouts also Of
the German cruisers Leipzig and Brc-
men remains in doubt.
Further Details of Battle,
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 hesitate to commend the bravery
OF the Britishers and lntimated that
an effort TO save lives would have
been made If the weather had per-
mitted.
The engagement was fought In the
teeth Of a northern that assumed al
most hurricane proportions Small
boats could not live In the sea. The
heavy weather mitigated against the
larger ships and the Good Hope found
her Guns almost useless because OF
The ship's roll.
british Taken by Surprise.
The German China fleet. the cruis-
ers Scharnhorst. Genehenau and Nu-
renherg had Joined the cruisers Leip-
zie and Rremen. which later had been
detached ia patrol the coast north of
Valnaraiso The unit proceeded
southward annarently well aware of
,ho randezyous If the British off Con-
cention hav Al the same time the
british cruisers Monmouth and Glas-
cou, recommended nv the TRANSPORT
otra,to n,nved north 10 meet the
fleeshin Good Hone The Britlshers
a,,,dontiy wore moi aware of the prox-
imitv of the Germans and they met
nfr coronel
II was o'cIocls Sunday when the
Germans sighted the three British
chine The latter attenpted TO alter
tbair course evidently with the inten-
a., ~ annroach ire coast and TO gain
t@,.,.,to,.ial waters and ga avoid an un-
eo',,aI match the Germans. however. !
ta.,iad them off ana forced the bat
~
Whom Rattle Is Joined.
A. tho moment that the German
p,,ns were trained the Good Hope was
soan COMING n full speed and through I
soad sea,,ansh,n she manaped TO join I
fba other Rritish ships' THE british |
49,, hod come ahout and the two
adraos sailed southward in par-
alIa1 l,nas Inc Germans being nearer I
sho coast GRADUALLY the two lines /
30 NO nenrer IN each other. and the |
cchar,horst ana cneisenan simultan-
49, - ~, thot, txvolvo e.inch guns
. .Jus tha.s es,,eartra,ed on The Good |
f1 - mr. fi,ina continued for sew
mp 1T ,,',sbo,t damage The /
ia s,a, m,'" 80 ~, shar, and 1ha Good
tIs. ',' - s''',,t rail tbat she could
n ~, ron nru S Thn smalied cruisers we're
g,r am of rango
i"' o"' RAJ ~ 9Iascr Tooet.er.
e,a,,.t.' ~ 80 'fiehters draw in
a ,o and when the two units were
~ oan 81, is anart tho Good Hone
e,rea he,. Two a-inch runs. She was
-, .,i, ~ ,'nahla "a nee her eight e-inch
.,,,, ,'b,o,, an tho gun deck were 50
a s H. aatar iino that as the yes
~, ro,laa they ,Yara almost awash
! ,arrihia hrasdside from the scharn-
1 -, "a ra,,iansan cripnled the
I,,it's,, e,a eshin and her engines
!, snad rrbs AIonmouth recognizing
NJ I, y, dis,ress of be, comnanion' made
III, i, oo,,or ,ho coed Hone bllt
=, 't t,,,t ,,,so tho dle,ance senarafing
" Z; ' ,,.'a s,',.,ar',ns Ind heen reduced
~ go ,,a.d', .',,d IA far,nans wore
~ 49, w ,'sira an thai, chine into ac-
~. ~, ,,s,, -, ,ha o,,,,s ~ The five
,e o,s L.
''9 n,o,, x,s,,,, ne,dlx rsfsect
u,nasd ,rora d,recfed first aqainst
~ ,tan,,ooutb GLASGOW and otranto.
~. H,n',.,tn hadly da,naoad as
,a ~ i, ~ catherine darisness and
- eaa.,,,a.d u,as golIouad nv The
les ,,,syoa which also had been nut out
- ast;a M eont,nuad annarently
:, 'ao ,,orthr ,,
nv, " a.. ~. cor,an sh,,s continual
ha,r atiee,, ~ M Mnnuoufh and
- un eN ,,'tu IN Few moments
he for,nar sanl ~ tbis fine only
Eoo yard. sanaratad the fighters.
The Coed Hana badlv damaged.
49,, -, ,,nt,i or avnIosio, occurred
~ board she Withdrew 10 the west
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