Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-11
RUSSIAN AUSTRIAN POSSESSION y 119
THREE BRITISH SHIPS
REPORTED LOST

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| officers, and one cruiser interned, should
the report here be true, are the results
Of the greatest naval battle Of the war
.,.., LONDON, Dec, II +
An Britain is rejoicing today over the
great naval victory In the South Atlantic.
Reports here say the Dresden, sole sur
vivur OF the battle of Falkland Islands.
has been trapped in the Strait Of Magel-
! Ian.
! a dispatch from Buenos Aires says:
"The German cruiser Dresden, the only
warship Of Rear Admiral Won Specs
| squadron 10 escape after the battle with
| tho British under command OF Vice Ad-
mirai Sturdee, has been cornered I'm the
Straits Of Magellan, according to advices
obtained through well-informed circles to-
day The naval division commanded by
Admiral Sturdee Is understood to include
nine warships. notable among which arc
the British battle cruisers Lion and Inde.
fatigable."
The Nurnberg had complement OF 295
officers and men, and It Is regarded as
significant that the Admiralty announce
ment makes no reference to the rescue Of
any one on board of her. Tile German
loss In men has probably been swelIed
to nearly 2300.
The announcement Of the sinking OF
the Nurnbcrg, following its pursuit, was
issued through the Official Press Bureau.
It says
A further telegram has been re-
ceived from Vice Admiral Sir Fred
erick Sturdec reporting that the
Nurnberg was also sunk on Decem-
ber S, and that the search for the
Dresden is still proceeding The ac-
ton lasted for fivc hours, with in
tervals.
The scharnhorst sank after three
hours, and the Gneisenau two hours
later The enemys light cruisers
scattered and we're CHASED by our
cruisers and light cruisers No loss
of any British vessel is reported
The statement that the Dresden fled
toward the Straits of Magellan. the
eastern entrance OF which is about 225
miles west OF The Falkland Islands, is
horne out by a dispatch from Monte
video, Uruguay. which says:
Naval observers. commenting on the &C.
tion, make note that in all naval engage.
ments in the present war there has been
great disparity between the losses of the
victors and the vanquished. In the case
of the British cruisers Good Hope and
Monmouth, sent to the bottom by Ger
man squadron Off the coast of Chill Mo-
vember 1, the Germans were practically
unscathed, and the same is true OF the
British in their victorious engagement in
the South Atlantic
In other words, say the experts. de-
feat at sea means virtually annihilation
and the loss Of crews. with the exception
of such men as the victors may be able /
TO save. This is attributed to a great eX-
tent to the fact that naval engagements
nave been between ships of unequal arm
n Tho German Otltrnnnnn the
British off the coast of Chilli, and the
roles were reversed Off the Falkland
Islands. Nevertheless. II Is argued that
even with ships Of similar armament the
disproportion of losses between the victor
and the venqulshed would be greater by
far than anything possible in land war
fare.
The British battle cruisers Lion and In
defatigable, reported to be part of Vice
Admiral Frederick Sturdees squadron
displace 26,350 tons and 1880 tons, respec
lively. The Lion was completed In 1912,
is $50 feet long. s6iA feet beam and has
draft of 30 feet. The Lion carries eight
l35-inch guns and 16 four-incha guns, and
is equipped with three 21-inch torpedo
tubes. Her complement consists of 1000
men and she is capable of travelling %
knots an hour.
The battle cruiser Indefatgable is 57s
feet long, 79la feet beam and 27ai feet
IN 1911 and has speed of 26 knots. The
Indefatigables armament consists of eight
12-inch guns 16 four-inch guns and three
21-inch torpedo tubes. She has a COM
plement of 500 officers and men.
The Nurnberg was one Of the small
units of the German squadron. She had
displacement of $3.50 tons and a com
plement of 295 men. Her length on the
water line, was 35i feet and her beam A
feet. She carried ten 4.1-inch guns, eight
hve-pounders, four machine guns and two
torpedo tubes
The cruiser Dresden is a sister ship of
the famous cruiser Emden. The Dresden
Is 1854 feet long and A feet on the BEAM
Her displacement is 35H tons. The Dres-
den carries ten 4,1-inch guns four five
Founders and four machine guns. The
Dresden has a rated speed OF % knots 4
an hour, but her hull cannot possibly
have been scraped for long time and
she has been cruising in Southern waters
where barnacle growth is fast