The Battle of the Falkland Islands, Before and AfterSpencer-Cooper, Henry Edmund Harvey
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The Battle of the Falkland Islands, Before and After
Spencer-Cooper, Henry Edmund Harvey
Falkland Islands, Battle of the, 1914; World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations
Felton, Mrs., her services recognised, 88
Food problem in wartime, 30
Francklin, Captain Philip, of _Good Hope_, 20
French colonies, Germans and, 13
German barbarity, a typical instance of, 108
casualties in the Falklands, 138, 139
4.1-inch gun, range of, 47, 126
light cruisers, chase of, 110
men-of-war in foreign seas, 1 _et seq._
sailors buried at sea, 109
Germans abandon colonies in Polynesia, 14
in South America, 16, 68
Germany, her responsibility for the war, 156, 157
_Glasgow_, a duel with _Leipzig_, 112
casualties in Coronel battle, 56
chases enemy cruisers, 110
officers of, 203
sights enemy, 49
Glover, Signalman Frank, awarded D.S.M., 123, 191
_Gneisenau_, a gallant fight by, 102
accurate shooting by, 53
end of, 104
her commander rescued, 107
_Good Hope_ becomes Admiral Cradock's flagship, 20
loss of, 54-5
officers of, 199-200
Grant, Captain Heathcoat, of _Canopus_, 21, 23
Grant, Captain Noel, of _Carmania_, 26, 37
awarded C.B., 171
Great Britain and German colonies, 14
enters the War, 4
Hague Conference and the law of neutrality, 152
High explosives, curious examples of damage by, 121
Hill, Chief Engine Room Artificer, awarded D.S.M., 122, 191
_Hizen_ in the Pacific, 46, 72
_Idzuma_ in the Pacific, 46, 72
_Inflexible_, a fine run by, 66
first shot in Falkland Islands battle, 93
officers of, 217
_Invincible_ and Falkland Islands battle, 93
damaged, 105, 106
joins Admiral Stoddart's squadron, 66
lost in Jutland battle, 140
officers of, 215
Japan declares war, 13, 14
Japanese cruisers in the eastern Pacific, 46
_Karlsruhe_, chase and escape of, 8
end of, 9, 62
_Kent_, anxiety regarding fate of, 132
casualties on, 132
chases German cruisers, 110
duel with _Nürnberg_, 128
ensign of, 133
officers of, 219
opens fire on _Leipzig_, 114
sights _Dresden_, 164
_Königsberg_ blocked up and destroyed, 12, 63
_Kronprinz Wilhelm_, escape of, 8
internment of, 11
Leatham, Captain E. La T., of _Defence_, 26
Leighton, Chf. P.O. D., a D.S.M. for, 191
_Leipzig_, a running fight by, 115
chase of, 110
eludes her pursuers, 45
end of, 110 _et seq._, 118
joins von Spee's squadron, 7, 45
on fire, 117
stories of survivors, 119
Life at sea in 1914, 28 _et seq._
Lockyer, Lieut.-Commander E. L. B., awarded D.S.O., 171
Luce, Captain John, of _Glasgow_, 21
and Falkland Islands battle, 113, 114
awarded C.B., 191
report on Coronel action, 52, 172
Lyddite shell in warfare, 105, 116, 128
_Macedonia_ conveys German prisoners, 139
officers of, 212
Magellan, Straits of, 161
Maltzhan, Baron von, 155
Martin, Ldg. Smn. F. S., awarded D.S.M., 191
Mas-a-Fuera, temporary headquarters of German squadron, 71
Mayes, Sergt. Charles, brave deed recognised, 129, 130, 190
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