The Sentinel=record., 1914-11-06
SIX OF THE NINE VESSELS EN GAGED IN CHILEAN COAST
 BATTLE ARE MISSING.
ALL ENGLISH SHIPS MISSING
Two German Cruisers Are Among the Missing Forced Battle and EngIand's Big Cruiser Goodhope Unable to Use Guns in Storm.

Valparaiso Chi e, Nov 5-A wire less call for assistance from the Brit
 ish cruiser Glasgow intercepted by
 the German victors-was the last
 word received from Rear Admiral Craddock's squadron following the engagement between the German and British warships off the Chilean coast Sunday
 The Germans saw the Monmouth sink and heard an explosion on board the Goodnope that they believed sent the crippled flagship to the bottom.
 All that night the German cruiser Nurnberg searched the seas unsuc- ! cessfu ly for the Goodnope. They picked up a radiogram directed to the flagship by the Glasgow There was no reply.
 There were about G5o men on the Monmouth when she disappeared be- meath the waves Admiral Craddock had goo men with him on board the Goodhope.
 Whether the Glasgow and the transport Otranto. whicn escaped de struction, survived the damage suf- fered is not known. The whereabouts of the German cruisers Lepsig and i Bremen remains in doubt
 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 10 commend tne bravery of the Brtshers in the uneven com bat and intimated that an effort to save lives would have been made if the weather had permitted
 The engagement was fought in the teeth of a norther that was almost a hurricane Small boats cou not live in the seas. The heavy weather initiated against the larger ships and the Goodhope found her guns almost useless because of the ships roll.
 The German China fleet, the cruis- CTS Scharnhorst, Gneizenau, and the Nurnberg had rejoined the cruisers Leipzig and Bremen, waich latter had been detached to patrol the coast north of Valparaiso. The unit pro ceeded southward apparently well aware of the rendezvous of the Brit ish off Conception bay. At the same time the British cruisers Monmouth and G asgow accompanied by the Ot- ranto, moved north to meet the flag
 Irft ig wi dcnuy were not aware of the proXim ity of the Germans and they met off Coronel.
 It was Sunday when the Germans sighted the three British ships. The latter attempted to alter their course, evidently with an intention to ap- pr0acn the coast and gain territorial waters and so avoid an unequal match. The Germans, however, head ed them off and forced them to bat tle
 At the moment that the German guns were trained the Goodhope was seen coming at full speed and through good seamanship she managed to join the other British ships. The British CTS had come about and the two sauadrons sailed southward in paral- lel lines, the Germans being nearer the coast. Gradually the two lines came nearer to each other and the Scnarnhorst and Gneizenau simulta neouslv let go their twelve eight-inch guns, which they concentrated on the Goodh0pe The firing continued for several minutes without damage. Tde German shots fell short and the Good hope had such a roll that she could not reply. The smaller cruisers were far out of range
 Slowly the sea fighters drew in nearer, and when the two units were about 6.000 yards apart the Goodhope fired her two nine-inch guns. She was stil' unable to use her eight six inch guns. wnich on the gun deck were so near the water line that as the vessel rolled they were almost awash. A terrible brOadside from the Scharnhorst and Gneizenau crippled the British flagship and her engines stopped. The Monmouth, recognizing the distress of her companion, made dash to cover the Goodhope, but by that time the distance separating the two squadrons had been reduced to 5 900 yards, and the Germans were able to bring all their ships into ac- ton and to use all the guns of the five vessels. These were directed first against the Monmouth, Glasgow