Further information with regard to the naval action in the Black Sea was published by the Russian Navy General Staff on November 21. On the 18th, the official announcement states, a division of battleships and cruisers returning from a cruise near the Anatolian coast approached Sebastopol about noon. A wireless message was received reporting two men-of-war, believed to be the Goeben and Breslau, about fifteen miles from the Kherson light-hausa The fleet formed up for action and soon came up with the two German men-of-war, taking advantage of a dense fog to get within range before they were discovered.
The flagship Eustaphius was the first to open fire, at four miles range, and her first broadside was producing an explosion amidships on the Goeben. It was some little time before the German ship replied, and when she did, her fire was directed principally at the Russian flag-ship. The Breslau stood some distance away and took no part in the action.
After about fifteen minutes fighting the Goeben, parts of which were now in flames, made off and ther superior m four to
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