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he _Leipzig_ is sunk.] Meanwhile, battle had been in progress elsewhere. The _Bristol_ and the _Macedonia_ had overtaken the transports _Baden_ and _Santa Isabel_, had captured their crews, and had sunk the ships. The armed liner accompanying them, the _Eitel Friedrich_, had, however, made off and got away by means of her superior speed. The _Kent_, _Glasgow_ and _Cornwall_ had pursued the German light cruisers in a southerly direction. The _Dresden_, the fastest, proved too speedy a vessel to overtake. She was ahead of her consorts, upon either quarter, and made her escape whilst they were being engaged. The _Kent_ gave chase to the _Nuernberg_. The _Glasgow_, in pursuit of the _Leipzig_, raced ahead of the _Cornwall_, and by about three o'clock in the afternoon had closed sufficiently, within 12,000 yards, to open fire with her foremost guns. The German ship turned every now and then to fire a salvo. Soon a regular battle began which was maintained for some hours. Shells fell all around the _Glasgow_. There were several narrow escapes, but the casualties were few. Shortly after six a wireless message was received from Admiral Sturdee, announcing that the _Scharnhorst_ and the _Gneisenau_ had been sunk. A cheer surged up, and the men set to work with renewed spirits and energy. The _Cornwall_ had come up some time before, and the _Leipzig_ was now severely damaged. But she fought on for three more hours. Darkness came on. The German cruiser began to burn fore and aft. It was nine o'clock before she at last turned over and sank. [Sidenote: The _Kent_ returns.] [Sidenote: Sinking of the _Nuernberg_.] The British vessels had, during the course of the action, steamed miles apart, and far out of sight of land. During the evening and night they began to get into touch with one another and with Stanley by means of their wireless. All the ships except the _Kent_ were accounted for, and reported all well. But no reply was forthcoming to the numerous calls, "Kent, Kent, Kent", that were sent out. She had, in chase of the _Nuernberg_, lost all touch with the rest of the squadron. There was great uneasiness. It was feared that she had been lost. The other ships were directed to search for her, and for the _Nuernberg_ and the _Dresden_. Late in the afternoon of the following day, however, she entered Stanley harbour safely. Her wireless had been destroyed, but she had sunk the _Nuernberg_, after a very stern struggle. The G
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