The Admiralty announce the receipt of a further telegram from Vice-Admiral Sturdee reporting that the German cruiser Nurnberg was also sunk on the sth and that the search for the Dresden is still proceeding.
The action off the Falkland Islands lasted for five hours, with intervals.
The Scharnhorst bank after three hours fighting and the Gneisenau two hours Inter.
The enemy's light cruisers scattered and were chased by our cruisers and light cruisers.
No loss of any British vessel reported.
London, Dec. 10.
There is rejoicing throughout the whole Empire over the naval victory off the Falkland Islands, Istands, which has aroused much enthusiasm in the United States.
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