Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-11-06
Call for Help Of British
Cruiser is Intercepted by
the German Nictors Off
Chilean Coast, But There
is No Reply
FATE OF SHIPS
IS A MYSTERY
Germans Saw the Monmouth
Sink and Heard Explos-
ion Aboard Good Hope
Which They Believe Sunk
the Flagship
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1


VALPARAISO, Nov. 5.-A wireless
cry from the British cruiser Glasgow
Intercepted by the German victors
was the last word received from
Rear Admiral Cradock's squadron
following the engagement off the
Chilean coast on Sunday. The Ger
mans saw the Monmouth sunk and
Feard the explosion on board the
Goolhope that they believe sent the
crippled flagship to the bottom. All
that night the German cruiser Nurn-
burg searched the seas unsuccessfully
for the Good Hope They picked up
a radiogram directed to the flagship
by the Glasgow, but there was no
reply.
There were about $50 men on the
Monmouth when she disappeared.
Cradock had 900 with him on board
the Good Hope and whether the
Glasgow and the transport Otranto.
which escaped destruction, survived
the damage suffered is not known.
The whereabouts also of the Ger
man cruisers Leipzig and Bremen
remains in doubt.
Further details of the first really
important naval battle of the war
became known from statements made
by German officers. The latter did
not hesitate to commend the bravery
of the Britishers and intimated an
effort to save their lives would have
been made if the weather had per-
mitted. The engagement was fought
in the teeth of a norther that assum~
ed almost hurricane proportions
Small boats could not live in the
sea The heavy weather initiated
against the larger ships and the
Good Hope found her guns almost
useless because of the ships roll.
The German China fleet, the cruisers
ScharnhOrst, Gneisenau and Nurn-
berg. had Joined the cruisers Leipzig
and Bremen which latter had been
detached to patrol the coast north
of Valparaiso. The unit proceeded
southwark apparently well aware OF
the rendezvous of the British off
Conception Bay At the same time
the British cruisers Monmouth and
Glasgow accompanied by the trans
port Otranto moved north to meet
the flagship Good Hope. The Brl-
fishers evidently were not aware OF
the proximity of the Germans and
they met off Coronel. 1t was SIX
O'Clock Sunday when the Germans
sighted the three British ships. The
latter attempted to alter their course.
ipto of
preaching the coast and gain terri
torial waters and so avoid an un-
equal match.
The Germans, however, headed
them off and forced the battle At
the moment the German guns were
trained. the Good Hope was seen
coming at full speed and through
good seamanship she managed to
ioin the other British ships. The
Britishers had to come about and the
two squadrons sailed southward in
parallel lines, the Germans nearer
the coast. Gradually the two lines
drew closer and the Scharnhorst and
lGneisenau simultaneously let go
their twelve eight Inch guns which
were concentrated on the Good Hope.
The firing continued several min
utes without damage. The smaller
cruisers were far out of range. Slow
ly the fighters drew in nearer and
when the two units were but SIX
thousand yards apart the Good Hope
fired her two nine-inch guns. She
was unable to use her eight siX-inch
oirnc which Nyera on thp gun deck
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