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
McCarten, E.-R. Artr. G. H. F., awarded D.S.M., 191
_Mera_, voluntary internment of, 155
Merchant ships, increased enemy sinkings of, 24
_Mersey_ destroys _Königsberg_, 12
Middleton, Chief Gunner Henry, awarded D.S.C., 171
_Monmouth_ in Coronel action, 53
loss of, 56
officers of, 201-2
Murray, Lieut.-Com. J. Wolfe, promotion for, 192
Napier, Captain W. R., of _Edinburgh Castle_, 26
Naval actions, tactics of modern, 50
_Navarro_ sunk by _Orama_, 63
Navy, the, life at sea, 28 _et seq._
postal arrangements of, 32
work in wartime, 28-34
Newbolt, Sir Henry, on Admiral Cradock, 58
on Falkland Islands battle, 135
_Newcastle_ in the North Pacific, 72
_Nürnberg_, chase of, 110
duel with _Kent_, 128
joins von Spee's squadron, 6
sinking of, 131
sinks _Monmouth_, 56
_Orama_, officers of, 213
sinks a German storeship, 63
_Otranto_, officers of, 204
under enemy fire, 57
Pacific (Western), the, German squadron in, 4
Papeete, bombardment of, 21
French gunboat sunk at, 6
_Patagonia_, internment of, 155
_Pegasus_, sinking of, 12
Phillimore, Captain R. F., of _Inflexible_, 27
Port Stanley, arrival of _Canopus_: the scene, 84
description of, 82
Port William, British squadron in, 85
Postal arrangements at sea, 32
_Princess Royal_ in North American waters, 155
_Prinz Eitel Friedrich_, internment of, 10, 164
_Professor Woermann_, capture of, 24
Royal Naval Reserve, efficiency of, 132
Sailors, the psychology of, 141 _et seq._
_Santa Isabel_, sunk by _Bristol_, 92
_Scharnhorst_ badly hit, 99, 100
good marksmanship of, 53
sinking of, 101
Segrave, Captain J. R., of _Orana_, 21
Serajevo tragedy, the, 157
_Severn_ and the end of _Königsberg_, 12
_Seydlitz_, escape of, 123
Shark fishing as a pastime, 31
Shaw, Eng. Lieut.-Com. J. F., promotion for, 192
Skipwith, Captain H. L. d'E., of _Carnarvon_, 24
Smith, Stoker John, a D.S.M. for, 122, 191
Snowdon, Act.-Chf. E.-R. Artr. R., a D.S.M. for, 191
South America (_see_ America, South)
Spee, Vice-Admiral Count von, and his command, 4
aims and hopes of, 151 _et seq._
contemplates seizure of Falklands, 74, 75, 89, 119, 152
death of, 105
movements of his squadron, 67
policy of, considered and analysed, 13-18
refuses to drink a toast, 139
report on Coronel battle, 52
Stoddart, Rear-Admiral and a rescued kinsman, 108
commands British squadron, 159
reinforcements from England for, 65
succeeds Admiral Cradock, 60
transfers his flag, 63
Sturdee, Vice-Admiral F. C. Doveton, 27
a Baronetcy for, 191
dispatch on battle of Falkland Islands, 178 _et seq._
his strategic victory, 135
in command of British squadron, 79, 80
ordered to Gibraltar, 159
Submarines purchased by Canadian Government, 7
_Suffolk_ chases _Karlsruhe_, 8
_Sydney_ in action with _Emden_, 11
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