The Archive · 1914

More Stories of the Sea

Valparaiso, Nov. 4.

Vioe-Admiral Spee, adding to his report of yesterday, wires There was a heavy sea during the naval battle of November 1 near Coronel. I opened fire at a distance of 10.5 kilometres and silenced the enemy's artillery within 52 minutes. I broke off fire, when dark set in, The Monmouth was heavily listing, when she was pursued Tt was impossible to save survivors partly owing to the heavy sea and partly owing to the lack of poate. The auxiliary cruiser Otranto steamed out of reach of our guns after she was hit once, and has escaped.

Washington, Nov. 4.

Three men only were wounded on the German side during the sea battle of Coronel.

San Francisco, Nov. 4.

A British submarine G. 5. has been sunk by 9 German ship near Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight The Turkish fleet has sunk the Russian battleship Ssinop (Inunched in 1887; 11,400 tons; a crew of 685 men) and nineteen transports carrying mines.

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