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Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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ially reduced her speed, she was able to continue thefight. It was now seen that two guns on one of the Germancruisers were gone, also the mainmast, and that she wasblazing amidships, but she continued to keep up a spiritedfire from her foremast and after guns. So far the battlehad been waged on the British side by light cruisers anddestroyers. Out to seaward German submarines—the firstuse this was of submarines in a sea-battle—were attacking thesquadron. The water being smooth, the submarines weredetected, and Admiral Beatty, by maneuvering at high speed,had no difficulty in avoiding them. Meanwhile, all ears werestrained to catch more distinctly certain ominous sounds ofdistant firing. Of this action Admiral Beatty said: At 12.15 Fearless and First Flotilla were sighted retiring west.At the same time the light-eruiser squadron was observed to be en-gaging an enemy ship ahead. They appeared to have her beaten.I then steered northeast to sound of firing ahead, and at 12.30 p.m. 12
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©AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THE GERMAN ADMIRAL COUNT VON SPEE WARSHIP BATTLES AND RAIDS ON COMMERCE sighted Arethusa and Third Flotilla retiring to the westward engag-ing a cruiser of the Kolberg class on our port bow. I steered tocut her off from Heligoland, and at 12.37 opened fire. At 12.42the enemy turned to the northeast, and we chased at 27 knots. At12.56 P.M. sighted and engaged a two-funnelled cruiser ahead.Lion fired two salvos at her, which took effect, and she disappearedinto the mist burning furiously and in a sinking condition. It would appear that only the Lwn among the big shipsactually fired, the remainder arriving in time only to seethe German cruiser, which was the Mainz, lying on her beamends with only a propeller and her starboard quarter show-ing, while a heap of wreckage marked the spot where theKoln had gone down. A dim ruddy glare in the hazeshowed where a third cruiser was drifting away, her hulla blazing furnace. A naval lieutenant, who took part in thebattl

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