PURSUIT OF THE BRESLAU
GLOUCESTER'S PLUCKY FIGHT ' GOOD GUNNERY i ' t (Rec. August 2G, 11.5 p m.) Malta, August 26 Tho cruisei Gloucester, while near the Indian Islands, chased tho Brcslau before she took refugd'in the Dardanelles, ] lor tivo days and a night, firing at long \ ' range. /.' -The first'_shofc missed, but a ] second carried away half tho Breslau's \ funnel, and a repeated operation cleared 1 the Bieslau's quartoi-deck, and put her ' aft gun out of action. Of tho Bros- t iau's,.thirty shots,' two took effect, ( smashing tho ,Gloucester's .boats. Tho < plucky little cruiser narrowly escaped destruction from a torpedo from the battle-cruiser iGooben, ■ which • suddenly came to the Breslau's aid. The Gloucester and tho Brcslau compaio. as under — Gloucester. Breslau , Tons _ 4800 4500 Speed 26 27} 1 Guns- .'• 26-in, 124.1 in. I " 104-m. — i Complement 376 373 ' , Built m 1910 1012 [l
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2239, 27 August 1914, Page 6
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142PURSUIT OF THE BRESLAU Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2239, 27 August 1914, Page 6
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