NAVAL BATTLE OFF VALPARAISO

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2300, 6 November 1914, Page 5

NAVAL BATTLE OFF VALPARAISO

RUMOURED LOSS TWO BRITISH CRUISERS REPORTED SUNK (Reo. November 6, 0.20 a.m.) . ; London, November 5. _ i The Admiralty has reoeived rumours of engagements off Valparaiso, and 1 discredit tho German version claiming victory. Over Admiral Cradaook's fleet. _ •; ! "The Times' " correspondent at Valparaiso reports that the German; cruisers Nurnberg, Gneisenau,. and Scharnhorst Bank the cruisers Monmoutfi j and Good Hope, while the criiiser Glasgow sought refuge. . . ' i (Reo. November 6, 0.40 a.m.) '. | Lond&n,' November 6. i German reports from Valparaiso stat-ethat the Mohmotith Was sunk, an® j that the majority of the crew perished. ' The Good Hope and Glasgow weirs j damaged. ; . . : >' : The Good Hopo is an armoured cruiser -of 14,100 tons, and was launched : in 1902. She has a speed of 23.5 knots, carries two 9.2 in. guns, and six- ! tceh Gin. gtms; and a crew of 900. The Monmouth is ah armoured cruiser of 9800 tons, launched in 1903 J j speed 22.5 knots ; fourteen 6in. guns, and a crew of 537. s ' I The Glasgow is a second-class cruiser of 4800 lons, launched ill ,1910f ; 25.8 knots, two Gin. and ten 4in. guiis. and a crew of 376.- . .-i-S? i The. Gneisenau and Scharnhorst are sister ships, armoured cruisers,- j launched in 1908, speed 23.8 knots, each carryiilg eight B.2iii. gunsahd sij; i . 5.9in.j and crews of 764 men. J ' ; The Nurnberg is a third-class cruiser of 3396. totis, launoiied'in 1908^' carrying ton 4.lin. guns and a crew of 322. Her speed is 23.6"knots. ' GERMAN CRUISER STRIKES 'A' Mip.—j (Reo. November 6, 1.10 a.m.) : .'.lt™i London, November 5. j' •! Offioial.—The German cruiser Yorok struck a mine and. sint in Jahola ■ Bay. Half the crew was saved. . : 'J 1 ; The Yorck is an 'armoured cruiser of 9350 tons and was-built in 1904-s*| She had a speed of 21 knots, carried four B.2in'. guns, ten'6.9in.i fourteen' ' 3.4 in,, and three L4in. Her complement was 638. GERMAN SORTIE IN THE NORTH SEA. ' " | THE ATTACK ON THE CRUISER HALCYON,. .• >' London,' November 4. Residents of Lowestoft and Yarmouth were awakened at daybreak yesterday by sounds of heavy cannonading seawards., „A, thict .mist,/enveloped • the sea, but occasional' flashes'were seen. Shells' fell a couple:,of miles off- .; shore,-throwing up fountains of water. Many fishing boats had & > narrow ; escape. \ : . . > The old cruiser Halcyon, which was'on fishery protection/duty, ;jteamed ! to Lowestoft with her wireless aerial shot away, her bridge and funnel dam- • aged, and one of the crew wounded. ■ ! The Halcyon's escape was due to her captain's clever zigzagging manoeuvres. i 'The Germans' shooting was very poor. They,should have sunk the:'Halcyoit in a few minutesj as a hundred shells were fired. The Halcyon fired one shot, and then retreated. , , _ A fleet Of fishing driftors witnessed the attack. They saw seven .German! j vessels steaming in line, and thought they were friendly ships until the destroyers fired. Some of the German warships flew, the White Ensign, and when. / j challenged replied with a hailstorm of shells. . . <* rv i The enemy then steamed eastward, the last_ cruiser dropping mines. Two ' j of the fishing drifters struck mines, one losing nine men and the other several. i The drifters warned tlie submarines, but D 6 was blown up. It is suspected| j that the German fleet is in possession of a copy of the Admiralty's new. special charts of the North Sea, otherwise it would have been unable to 6afely traverse• i the extensively mined area. j FISHING DRIFTER STRIKES A MINE. \ :'.■i'/f; | (Reo.' November 5, 11.6 p.m.) . j London, November i. j The Lowestoft steam fishing drifter "Will and Maggie" was blown up t>s ; a mine; and six out of ten on board drowned. j ■ . i CLOSING OF THE NORTH SEA. , | Washington, November 4. Americans generally recognise that Britain's policy in declaring the NortH' | Sea a war area is reasonable as a safeguard against mines. ' ■. ! COMMERCE RAIDERS ON THE HIGH SEAS | NEWS OF THE SCHARNHORST, GNEISENAU, AND NURNBERG*- j Santiago, November 4. . j The German erutsers Sclaniliorst, Gneisenau, end Nurnberg arrived at? ; .Valparaiso, were provisioned, and resailed. . ' T , 7' j ■*• ' Washington, November 4. j The-United States State Department announces that the German cruiser j Geier must leave Honolulu on a given date, which has not been specified, or- j be interned. " ! BRITISH CRUISER'S RICH CAPTURE. ' j London, November 4. 'A British' cruiser captured the Gorman ship Melpomene, from Tocopillaj with a cargo of nitrate. She was taken to Queenstown. .The Melpomene is a Gennan ship of 1784 tons, built in 1891 at j and owned by Rhederei Company. j THE KARLSRUHE'S INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM? : j (Rec. November 6, 8.30 p.m.) • London, November 4. ' ' One thousand four hundred and seventeen men, crews of vessels captured ' by the Karlsruhe, have landed at Liverpool in a penniless condition. They ' assert that the Karlsruhe is kept well informed by steamer 6couts at every point ' of the compass, and as soon as the enemy's vessels aro observed the-news is flashed to the Karlsruhe. J LEIPZIG SINKS A BRITISH STEAMER. - V j (Reo. November 6, 0.40 a.m.) : London, November 5. The Leipzig has sunk the steamer Vine Branch, 3442 tons, Nautilus Stealtf j Shipping Company, Sunderland, off the West Coast of South America. :