The _Glasgow_, which had fought and escaped at Coronel, and participated in the signal revenge taken upon Von Spee and his squadron off the Falklands, was lucky enough to assist in the final act of retribution when the _Dresden_, which had got away for a time, was caught and sunk off Juan Fernandez--Robinson Crusoe's island. The _Glasgow_ and _Orama_ came up from the south-west, and presently the _Kent_ appeared hurrying up from the south-east. After the exchange of some shots the _Dresden_ appeared to be on fire and hoisted a very large white flag, while many of her crew jumped overboard and made for her boats, which were in the water at a little distance off. "As soon as it was clear she did not intend to fight again, we lowered boats and sent medical aid, and several of the wounded were brought alongside the ship for treatment." Eventually the magazine seems to have been blown up--possibly intentionally by her officers, as just previously the German ensign was re-hoisted, and she sank with it and the white flag of surrender both flying. With the sinking of the _Dresden_ the German Navy disappeared from the ocean. Not a man-of-war of German nationality floated in the "Seven Seas", and only in the security of their own fortified harbours and in the mine-defended area of the Baltic dared the "black, white, and red flag" show itself. FOOTNOTES: [94] Lance-Sergeant H. Blanchard, R.M.L.I., in _The Globe and Laurel_. [95] Captain Luce of the _Glasgow_ in his official report. [96] Mr. Esmonde, published in _Penny Pictorial Magazine_. [97] Quoted by Mr. Esmonde in his letter. [98] Mr. Esmonde's letter. [99] Lance-Sergeant H. Blanchard. CHAPTER XX German Raids and their Signal Punishment "I saw a mast abaft the light In the tail of the offshore breeze, A beacon flared on Dover Head, A lean hull slipped the quays; And out of the mist beyond the Fore, Hell howled across the seas. "Sudden and terrible, in one night, A fleet had sprung to grips; Nor' and nor'-east the signal sped To the scattered scouts and the ships; And racking the Channel fog the war Roared in apocalypse." LEWIS HASTINGS in the _Navy_. EARLY in November, 1914, a German squadron of considerable force made what the Germans proudly termed a "hussar stroke", a number of big ships approaching the English coast, driving off the _Halcyon_, an antiquated gunboat, and firing a few futile shots at long range at Yarmouth. Suddenly they turned tail and made off. They strewed mines behind them, one of which blew up the submarine D5; but the so-called raid was a case of "much cry, little wool", and finally ended by the _Yorck_, a very big cruiser, running into a German mine defending the entrance to the Jahde and being blown up with great loss of life.