The Battle of the Falkland Islands, Before and After

The Secretary of the Admiralty communicates the following for publication. It is a narrative of the action in South Atlantic on September 14th, 1914, between H.M.S. _Carmania_ a...

"Are hell-gates burst at last? For the black deep To windward burns with streaming crimson fires! Over the wild strange waves, they shudder and creep Nearer--strange smoke-wreat...

"Then let him roll His galleons round the little Golden Hynde, Bring her to bay, if he can, on the high seas, Ring us about with thousands, we'll not yield, I and my Golden Hynd...

It will be recollected that during the chase the battle-cruisers were firing at the _Leipzig_ before the main battle with Admiral von Spee took place. This compelled the Germans...

"Mother and sweetheart, England; ... ... thy love was ever wont To lift men up in pride above themselves To do great deeds which of themselves alone They could not; thou hast le...

The various possible courses open to Admiral Count von Spee, both before and after Coronel, have already been discussed, but the movements of his squadron have not been subjecte...

We must now go back to the commencement of the action with the _Leipzig_. At 4.30 P.M., in accordance with a signal made by the _Cornwall_, the _Kent_ branched off in pursuit of...

December 8th, 1914, was apparently to prove an exception to the general rule in the Falklands, where it usually rains for twenty-one days during the last month of the year, for...

"When, with a roar that seemed to buffet the heavens And rip the heart of the sea out, one red flame Blackened with fragments, the great galleon burst Asunder! All the startled...

"If England hold The sea, she holds the hundred thousand gates That open to futurity. She holds The highways of all ages. Argosies Of unknown glory set their sails this day For...

"I, my Lords, have in different countries seen much of the miseries of war. I am, therefore, in my inmost soul, a man of peace. Yet I would not, for the sake of any peace, howev...

The British Public and our gallant Allies have no doubt fully appreciated the commercial importance of the battle of the Falkland Islands. The relief that was thereby given to o...

A short digression may perhaps be permitted, if it can portray the long days, when for months at a time little occurs to break the monotony of sea life. The reader may also expe...

... "England Grasped with sure hands the sceptre of the sea, That untamed realm of liberty which none Had looked upon as aught but wilderness Ere this, or even dreamed of as the...

The two battle-cruisers looked very businesslike as they steamed up to the anchorage; their trip out had taken off a good deal of paint, and they presented something of the appe...

Several disquieting wireless messages were received by the British warships on the east coast of South America, giving garbled and unreliable accounts of the Coronel action. It...

It is clearly impossible to state with any exactitude the motives which governed von Spee's policy; but, in briefly reviewing the results, a shrewd idea of the reasons which led...

"Now to the Strait Magellanus they came And entered in with ringing shouts of joy. Nor did they think there was a fairer strait In all the world than this which lay so calm Betw...

"Tell them it is El Draque," he said, "who lacks The time to parley; therefore it will be well They strike at once, for I am in great haste." There, at the sound of that renowne...

This plain, unvarnished account, so far as is known, is the first attempt that has been made to link with the description of the Falkland Islands battle, fought on December 8th,...

"Meekly content and tamely stay-at-home The sea-birds seemed that piped across the waves; And Drake, bemused, leaned smiling to his friend Doughty and said, 'Is it not strange t...

The words of Alfred Noyes have been referred to frequently, because they are in so many respects prophetic, and also because of their influence in showing that the spirit of Dra...