FALKLAND ISLANDS FIGHT
GALLANT BEHAVIOUR OF ENEMY (Rec. December 22, 10.20 p.m.) London, December 22. Officers from Vice-Admiral Sturdee's fleet'have supplied further particulars of the Falkland Islands engagement. When the battle began the Germans fired at long range. The British reserved their fire, permitting the crews to breakfast before answering. When the Gneisenau sank she had exhausted her ammunition, but refused to surrender. The officers and crow wero standing on deck singing patriotic songs when she took the plunge. Many of her crcw died after being rescued. Tho Scharnhorst was ablaze when she sank with all hands, including Admiral Von Seo and his two sons.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2340, 23 December 1914, Page 5
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105FALKLAND ISLANDS FIGHT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2340, 23 December 1914, Page 5
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