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The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources- American, British, French, German, and others (1919) (14594605657)
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Identifier: literarydigesthi10hals (find matches) Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: went to the bottom, while the Glasgow and Otranto took refuge in a Chilean port. The Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Nurnberg were in the harbor of Valparaiso the next day coaling and provisioning in preparation for steaming away. They were expected to relieve the cruisers Leipzig and Bremen, which had the Glasgow and Otranto bottled up in the port of Talcahuano, eight miles northwest of Conception. Opposed to an overwhelming preponderance of gunfire,both the Good Hope and the Monmouth were quickly in a 24 WARSHIP BATTLES AND RAIDS ON COMMERCE blaze, and although fighting with courage to the last, the two vessels went down with all on board. The Glasgow alone of the three British ships engaged escaped. At the long range at which the action took place, the light armament on both sides must have been all but useless. Weather conditions, moreover, were against a full employment of the lower batteries of the British cruisers. The marksmanship of the German gunners was of the best. From the small losses on Text Appearing After Image: Cape Horn _- Scale of Miles THE MATTHEWS-NORTHRUP WORKS, BUFFALO, N.V. THE FALKLAND ISLANDS The map shows how the large warships which the British had sent against the German fleet, were in waiting for them, screened by these islands, when the Germans came around in
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