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.

When the _Nuernberg_ left the line of German ships at one o'clock,
it was the British cruiser _Kent_ that went after her, a vessel
more heavily armed than the German ship, yet about a knot slower.
But by hard work on the part of the engineers and stokers of the
_Kent_ she was able, by five o'clock, to get within firing distance
of the _Nuernberg_. By a strange trick of fate the _Kent_ was sister
ship to the _Monmouth_ which had fallen victim to one of the
_Nuernberg's_ torpedoes in the battle off Coronel. Here, too, was
a duel with human interest in it. In their desire for revenge,
the men of the _Kent_ made fuel of even her furniture in order
to speed up her engines. Her 6-inch guns now began to strike the
German ship, and soon a fire broke out aboard her. She could have
ended the German vessel by keeping a fire upon her while remaining
too distant to be within range of the _Nuernberg's_ 4-inch guns,
but dusk was gathering and an evening mist was settling down upon
the water. Consequently the _Kent_ drew nearer to her adve