Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-11
Only One Of Admiral Count
Won Specs Squadron Is
AfIoat and It Must Suren-
der OF Be Destroyed,
ENGLISH BATTLESHIPS
0UTNUMBER GERMANS
Berlin Dispatches Admit Loss
eS in Engagements in Ex-
treme Southern Atlantic
Have Been Most Severe,
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London. Dec. 10 (S:h0 y. m. The
German cruiser Nurnbcrg which With
drew from she battle off the Falkland
islands last Tuesday and attempted
to make her escape in company With
the cruiser Dresden while the Brit
lsh warships under Vice Admiral Sir
Frederick Devotion sturdee, We're
lklnl;lng the cruisers scharnhorst.
e1t Nenau and Leipzig, WAS hunted
aff's the waterway by units Of the
tifitlh fleet and sunk the same day.
Official statement.
THIS Information was eontnIned In
"a stat ment OF the British official
press hreau made public today. rhe
alatcmelf added that search for the
DfesdeN vas still proceeding.
The lcxe Of the communication fol-
lows
"a further telegram has been re-
celved from Nice ADMIRAL Sir Fred
erlck Doveton Rturdee. reporting that
the Nurnbere Has also sunk on De-
eember 3. and that tho search for tho
Dresden still Is proceeding
The action lasted for five hours.
with intervals. The Srharnhorst sank
after three hours. and ehe eineIscnau
two hours later The vhemys light
cruisers scattered and were chased by
our cruisers and light cruisers.
mo loss Of any British vessel ls re-.
ported" .n<i
iiemmed IN by Hritisl.A
Although the official press bureau
says the British men of war are afill
seeking for the last one OF Adkniral
Won Specs vessels, unofficial lel Wis
received IN Buenos Aires say thea
den has been cornercd IN the alfn u
of Magellan. the tortuous watefw3H
leading from the Atlantic 10 tho Pa
eific az the southArnmest part Of
South America
Whether these reports are true Or
not, II Is believed In admiralty circles
here that the Dresden oven though
she Is a somewhat faster boat than
any OF those sunk IN Tuesdays battlc.
eventually will be brought to action.
Lasted Five Hours.
The battle in which the Scharn-
horst. Gneisenau and Leipzig were
sent TO the bottom, according TO an
report, lasted five hours
with Intervals The Schafnhorst sank
in three hours and the unelsenau two
hours later. No loss Of any British
vessel has been reported by the ad-
The destruction of a majority OF the
ships OF the German squadron had an
effect on insurance rates
and the government rate for lnsiif-
ance of cargoes against war risk was
reduced today from two gulneas to
one and half guneas per cent Ono
Of Lloyds who recently has
not been accepting any business. re-
sumed operations.
German Plan Frustrated
The impression prevails among nav
III men that Admiral Won Spec, realiz-
ing that he could no longer keep out
IF touch with the British and Japa-
nese fleets patrolling the Pacific, de-
'ided TO enter the Atlantic and mako
1 run for home. In the hope that at
east some of his ships would get past
he British This move, Ii Is said, was
by the admiralty and Vice
Sturdee was sent south to
head OFF the Germans before they
,ould get well into the Atlantic and
icatter. which would have made their
capture more difficult