Directly the _Gneisenau_ was sunk, wireless signals were made by the Commander-in-Chief asking where the _Dresden_ was last seen, and in what direction she was heading at that time. It will be recollected that she had the speed of our armoured cruisers and got clean away without firing a single round, having been last seen by the _Glasgow_ steering away to the S.S.W. Later signals were made calling up the _Kent_, as no one knew what had happened to her, since she was last seen going after the _Nürnberg_. These calls were repeated again and again without result on account of her damaged wireless, and it was not till the afternoon of the following day that all anxieties were allayed by the _Kent_ arriving at Port William, bringing with her the news of another brilliant success. The problem of the moment, therefore, was to complete the victory by rounding up the _Dresden_ as soon as possible. Should she escape now and take refuge in one of the innumerable inlets or channels that abound in the unsurveyed localities of the southern part of South America, clearly it would be a matter of great difficulty to catch her. With his characteristic energy, Admiral Sturdee did not lose a moment in following up his victory. The _Carnarvon_ was despatched to escort the _Orama_ and colliers coming south from the base to Port Stanley. The two battle-cruisers _Invincible_ and _Inflexible_ proceeded with all haste to Staten Island, and thence made a careful search for the _Dresden_ in the numerous bays around Tierra del Fuego. The _Glasgow_ was ordered to the Straits of Magellan in the hope that she might intercept her, whilst the _Bristol_ searched for both the _Dresden_ and the _Kent_ to the southward of the Falklands. Owing to lack of coal, the _Cornwall_ was obliged to return to harbour, and was the first ship to arrive there on December 9th; she was followed shortly afterwards by the _Kent_. During the night of December 8th a thick fog came on, which made the navigation of those of our ships endeavouring to make land no easy matter. Magnetic compasses are apt to be considerably affected by gun-fire, and consequently the dead-reckoning positions of our ships were by no means to be relied upon, and were not sufficiently accurate to give confidence in approaching an indented coast like the east side of the Falklands. Sad to relate, not a vestige of the _Dresden_ was seen by any of our ships that were scattered in the search for her. She was careful to abstain from using her wireless, even though there must have been several German supply ships in the vicinity who would urgently require to be informed of the annihilation of their squadron. This quest entailed travelling at high speed, so shortage of coal and oil fuel forced our ships to return one by one. By the evening of December 11th the whole squadron had once again reassembled at the Falklands.