THE ORAMA'S VICTORY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 274, 29 April 1915, Page 2

THE ORAMA'S VICTORY.

h,:,r BRITISH FIRE. RMJfJE 1 CKEW.' - Tl e ; [B}jiti6li | wliic li/ste'anifjd, into \v^tfa''tlie : wou uIM •ftoiii'it'li!! T.!bj:n)M'crui9'er' , l)re*i den, brought th 6 first netrH of a battle'Wttfe J My<Plate7 ' on ] JbycmßEt.lJ. in, which the German "arm :tl Mifci'iiHniuina'lV 'KiVatti' w , aB l : to t\MM6'rU.' r , ! "'.>)'["7'l H'.-.T ,[!!!•!::! ATI Mn iralty eariy'in the "War, iilKt/'fiflted i v J\'itli a^formidable;battery; was proceed--:irtg ;a¥ly to IjoiiUtlte BrHR , ish icjiutdroirat £hstt tiine« socking the Gon laTr'Adniiral '-von ,Spoe;l iti theiSouth!; Atlantic, whcnistod sJgKtdd Hift , off t lie mouth of the Plate. The Orama "igasyc eliasß shot i.l »Tjjio; gitnopry, of i the, ißxitish .y essp \ I was the-ingfe accßrftte.Hand. afipj^bjrjjef., enga gerfl&it, tile A'PPei? wfllfe of j man were seen to be afire, The' Orama'' redoubled, her efforts, but her guns eeas 1 - ' -ma-iflcA undamaged a M m flieij'e 1 the ifrfrn mm awayWoiii ; ttiefr' Vfase'l 'just' befp-e iin liStiWg'ifaf' ' B , 's;arm'ard( I> ' ,,r ;.-.': ,: ; U '^" ; ' ''■' , ' !::;: " : Tl .^l^i^aW'a's' : cre.w S'caVcely;'ha:a' been' takeii'k'Wdanf'flic Ora'nki when 1 turned slowly over and disappeared!''XTS -|Srev!i)t the possibility of her becoming 'tfile -(/fict. Mi'c; Orama steaihed' pMs clOsd •' 'fts'ij; .My'pdhriitietl,.find -sent S'fcw more : siifel! S'fiitothb^burnlngiliiillc l 'iTlip'Oranih, ' escai iffd undamaged from-the action and <ytth iiit'it';wQiindcd man' among the crew. ■'Tn'e casualties,nboai-d;tli,e,Ka : yai-ra were 'few. ;', ■■ :l ] I .-.: -, , ~;•!, .'..'.'. From T thO:' narrative!?.,,of, the; German • prisoWa the men. of the Orains» [gathered' .tha.tl the'Navarra, one of the big HampurgtAnierican iine. steamships,' was' ibpunU.'far South Amijrjciwi ports, wjiqa war ]wns;.declared. . She,, tpucjiod,, at. Perr' :?|»nip^!iearty l 'in..Spp^nib.dr A ; fnd.Bt'pji.ped it_Pnntn_ Arenas oil October lO.' She thenj w,a"s.,Vp"iind n fpr i ,tho,Pacific,,, w;here, . she touch, ( witlt Miniral y.uti Spec's squadron 'near Juan ',Feriia.n<lc ; ' Island just b,efbrc'tli,9,Wttle!;brf tfirßM r . 'Tlie incnl aboard ;t]}f/"'Orin)a"'Arc iconvinccli that it -was 'not 'until' l the "NaVar.ra • joincjd the German squadron that she-', and took her placcj : ' , de'B^/l•py?r; l '' , ' , '• <'"/■'■< Le ivjiig '- theHltrslil W'.eOm'fifahiitid'' by AdmjratybW SpceVttrNiiTarra'Tetilrneif 'i to the- -Atlantic,' ttTOidirig'' i r'ecogriitibn,' ;i and la report of her whereabouts from ! Punta; Arenas, by making the long trio I i .around' the Horii! i: 'ft ia'tinderStoPrf litSrl-j disastrous'' meeting ■vitbrrithc.-Orama be- 1 .Mirraltb«fore she Had : an (opportunity to: ( "preyjoii allied'shipping;." >.'! ..•('..: ,:'... . i