New Britain herald., 1914-08-14
LONG RANGE DUEL
 IN NORTH ATLANTIC
\. N. s. Bristol and Karlsruhe K
 change ISh0ts in NlQht Chase.

Halifax, N. s., Aug. 14.-For half an hour last Thursday night H. M $. Bristol, the smallest British warship in the North Atlantic. fought a long range duel with the Karlsruhe. the largest and fastest of he German cruisers which have been trying to in- tercept British shipping on the North Atlantic.
 Fleeing from the British cruiser Suffolk. which interrupted the Karls- ruhe coaling at sea from the kron- bring Wilhelm, the German cruiser was intercepted by the Bristol south west of Bermuda, and for half hour a long-range running fight took place in the blackness of semi-tropical night.
 Racing through the heavy swell at a terrific clip, the ships exchanged broadsides without inflicting> much damage, the conditions being very unfavorable for accurate gunnery. Although the BristoIs consorts were at least one hundred miles astern the German would not stand and fight, according to the British participants. Altering his course, he gradually drew away from the Bristol, owing to su- perior speed, and. after, half an hour was out of range of the British ships six-inch bow chaser.
 Chase Lasts All Night.
 All through the night the chase lasted. but somewhere in the dark ness the German doubled and made off south to San Juan, where he put in for coal some. days ago.
 Details of this action, the first sin gle ship fight in which British man. o'-war has engaged in these waters in a hundred years were brought to Halifax today by H. M. s. Suffolk, the flagship of Rear Admiral Crad- dock, commanding the fourth cruiser squadron.
 We were steaming north on Thurs day morning last and the crew had just been ordered to general stations, when from the foremasthead came the hail, Enemy on the port bow.' said the flag captain of the Suffolk, in giv- ing out an official statement of the chase of the Karlsruhe today. "As soon as we knew that war was de- clared, the ship had been prepared for battle. Fittings, all woodwork. and everything else that might be at all infiammable. were pitched over- board and the sea for miles round was StreWn with debr1s.
 Under these circumstances there was very little left to do when the or der, Clear ship for action,' was given. The municipal crews went to battle stations, and the stokers were double banked
 or the Port Bow.
 "Off the port bow, about eleven or twelve miles away, we could see the Karlsruhe and the Kronprinz Will helm. .r,~!T The Karlsruhe had her boats out, coaling from the North German Lloyd ship, and as we hurried down toward her it was in the hope she had run so short in her bunkers that we could catch her
 As soon as the Germans sighted. us they took to their heels. The Karlsruhe did not even stop to pick up her boats. Her men clambered aboard as best they could, and she hustled away to the northward, while the Kronprinz Wilhelm steered off to the east. We knew, of course, that the Karlsruhe had the heels of us. Our only hope was that she was short of fuel and could not keep up her steam, but this hope was fruit less
 Nineteen thousand yards was the closest we got to our quarry. The Bristol was to the north of us, the Berwick to the south. We called both of them up by wireless and or dered them to aid in the chase. The Berwick tried to cut off the Kron- prinz Wilhelm, while the Bristol took a position to intercept the Karlsruhe.