This plan shows the track followed by H.M.S. INVINCIBLE (Flagship, Capt. P.T.H. Beamish) and H.M.S. INFLEXIBLE (Capt. R.F. Phillimore) during an action which started at 1.0 pm and finished at 6.0 pm resulting in the sinking of the German armoured cruisers SCHARNHORST (Flagship of Vice Admiral Count Von Spee) and GNIESNAU. The LEIPSIG was engaged and sunk by H.M.S. CORNWALL (Capt. W.M. Ellerton) and H.M.S. GLASGOW (Capt. John Luce) in the near vicinity, also the Nurnberg by H.M.S. KENT (Capt. J.D. Allen). H.M.S. CARNARVON (Flagship of Rear Admiral R.P. Stoddart. Capt. H.L. D'E. Skipwith) was also engaged with SCHARNHORST and GNIESNAU.] The _Cornwall_ by four o'clock was also near enough to the _Leipzig_ to open fire on her, and three hours later the German cruiser was having a time of it with a large fire in her hold. British faith in heavy armament with long range had again been vindicated. There was something of human interest in this duel between the _Glasgow_ and the _Leipzig_. In their previous meeting, off Coronel, the German ship had had all the better of it and now the men of the British ship were out for revenge. Consequently the _Glasgow_ signaled to the other British ships: "Stand off--I can manage this myself!" By eight o'clock in the evening the _Glasgow_ had her in bad condition, and the _Carnarvon_ came up to assist in raking her till there was nothing left but a mass of wreckage on her decks. But her flag was still flying and the British ships kept circling around her, thinking she still wished to fight, but not coming near enough to permit the use of her torpedo tubes. Miserable was the plight of the _Leipzig_'s crew, for the two hundred men who were still alive were unable to get to her flag on account of the fire aboard her, and they had to remain inactive while the _Carnarvon_ and _Glasgow_ poured round after round into their ship. Only twelve remained alive at nine o'clock, when she began to list to port. Slowly more and more of the under-water part of her hull showed above the sea, and she continued to heel until her keel was right side up. In this position she sank, a large bubble marking the spot.