When the _Dresden_ decided to run out of action at 27 knots, after the first turn away, Captain Luce wasted no time in chasing her, but laid himself alongside of the _Leipzig_, the rear ship, in hope of tempting her consorts to fall back to her support. His manoeuvre was to close her repeatedly, engaging with his forward 6-inch gun, and forcing her to turn her broadside to reply. Each time she did so, the _Kent_ and the _Cornwall_ drew nearer, till at 3.36 they could attack the _Nürnberg_ and the _Leipzig_ respectively. The _Dresden_ refused to turn back: she disappeared into the mist, not to be seen again till March 1915, when she surrendered and blew up after a five minutes’ action with the _Kent_ and the _Glasgow_, who had caught her at anchor. The _Nürnberg_ now turned away east, pursued by the _Kent_; the _Cornwall_ began to hit the _Leipzig_, who was already engaged with the Glasgow. Captain Luce, having here the superior speed, turned right round and passed under his enemy’s stern, raking her with his fresh broadside; then circled round the _Cornwall_, and came again into action ahead of her. At 6.0, after nearly two hours of such tactics, he gave the order to close; at 6.35 he received the admiral’s wireless message of victory; at 7.17 he saw his own opponent silenced and burning furiously. He waited half an hour for her surrender, and then opened fire again. At that she burned green lights, and he at once lowered his boats. Five officers and thirteen men had been rescued, when the blazing _Leipzig_ turned over to port and sank. [Illustration: Battle of the Falkland Islands—December 8. Last Phase.] The _Kent’s_ success was of a different kind. Normally she had but 23-½ knots of speed to the _Nürnberg’s_ 25; but her engine-room department by consummate skill and energy forced their lame duck to a speed which at the end of nearly four hours brought her within 12,000 yards of her enemy. Both ships opened fire, the _Kent_ receiving one hit and making two. The _Nürnberg_ then burst two of her boilers, and dropped to 19 knots, turned eight points to port, and engaged with her broadside. Captain Allen accepted the challenge, ran on, and placed the _Kent_ before her beam at 6,000 yards. By 6.10 he had her burning and almost silenced; he ran on again, and raked her at 3,500 yards, destroying all her guns forward. At 6.30 she was silent and motionless. A few more shots, and she hauled down her flag. Captain Allen hastily repaired and lowered two of his damaged boats; but before they could reach her the _Nürnberg_ turned over and sank. Twelve of her men were found, but only seven survived.