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Identifier: literarydigesthi10hals (find matches)
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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outfor action. Spee, realizing the situation, made signal forhis squadron to scatter. It was too late, however. TheGermans had come far within British range. The Scharn-horst and the Gneisenmi at once became targets for theBritish battle-cruisers, the light German ships being left tothe smaller cruisers. The Invincible received the brunt of the German fire.Both German cruisers fought desperately and had at leastthe satisfaction of getting home several broadsides on theInvincible, which, however, rattled vainly against her heavyarmor. The Scharnhorst had won the gold medal for targetpractise in the Kaisers navy in 1913. Her shooting in this,her last fight, justified her reputation. But one 12-inch Britishsalvo after another battered the German ships to pieces,raking them from stem to stern, tearing away their lightarmor and opening up holes. It was not long before flameswere licking about the upper works, first of the Scharn-horst, then of the Gneisenau. One after another their guns 28
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VICE-ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK STURDEE Sturdee commanded the British ships which fouTht with the Germans atthe Falkland Islands off the South American coast in 1915 WARSHIP BATTLES AND RAIDS ON COMMERCE became silent as the crews had been killed at their stationsbehind the guns. There was no hint of surrender, however.With their last guns still blazing defiance, the two Germancruisers heeled slowly over and went down, with Admiralvon Specs flag on the Scharnhorst still flying. An event of peculiar interest had already taken place atanother point. This was a death-grapple between the Leipzigand the Glasgow, both survivors of the engagement off Coro-nel. This fight was not as unequal as was the one betweenthe larger ships. On the Glasgow occurred most of theBritish casualties, comprising nine killed and four woundedin the fight. But the 6-inch guns of the Glasgow countedmore than the 4-inch guns of the Leipzig. At the endof a two-hour action the German ship, on fire and sinking,hoisted the

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