Chapter I: Part III: Official Dispatches

1. THE ACTION OF H.M.S. "CARMANIA" 169

2. THE ACTION OFF CORONEL BY H.M.S. "GLASGOW" 172

3. REPORT BY VICE-ADMIRAL COUNT VON SPEE 174

4. THE BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS 178

5. THE SURRENDER OF THE "DRESDEN" 194

Appendix

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS SERVING IN THE
ACTIONS RECORDED 197

INDEX 221

MAPS AND CHARTS

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THE WAR ZONE IN WESTERN SEAS 5

CHART OF COURSE IN "CARMANIA"--"CAP TRAFALGAR"
DUEL 39

THE CORONEL ACTION: POSITION WHEN ENEMY
SIGHTED 49

THE CORONEL ACTION: POSITION AT SUNSET 51

CHART OF "CORNWALL" ACTION (_Inset_) 79

CHART OF BATTLE-CRUISER ACTION (_Inset_) 79

STANLEY HARBOUR: POSITIONS OF WARSHIPS 83

BATTLE OF THE FALKLANDS: POSITIONS AT 1.20 P.M. 94

BATTLE OF THE FALKLANDS: POSITIONS AT 2.45 P.M. 112

DUEL BETWEEN "KENT" AND "NÜRNBERG" 127