The Battle of the Falkland Islands, Before and After

CONTENTS

Part I.—Exploits off South America
CHAPTER		PAGE
1.	German Men-of-War in Foreign Seas	3
2.	The Policy of Admiral Count von Spee	13
3.	British Men-of-War off South America	19
4.	Life at Sea in 1914	28
5.	The Sinking of the "Cap Trafalgar"	35
6.	The Action off Coronel	45
7.	Concentration	60
8.	Possibilities and Probabilities	67

Part II.—The Battle of the Falklands
9.	Away South	79
10.	Enemy in Sight	87
11.	The Battle-Cruiser Action	96
12.	The End of the "Leipzig"	110
13.	The Sinking of the "NÜrnberg"	124
14.	Aftermath	134
15.	The Psychology of the Sailor in Action	141
16.	Von Spee's Aims and Hopes	151
17.	The Parting of the Ways	158
18.	The Last of the "Dresden"	163

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

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