CHASE OF THE LIGHT CRUISERS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15218, 4 March 1915, Page 7

CHASE OF THE LIGHT CRUISERS.

WHY THE DRESDEN ESCAPED.

Meanwhile. tho Glasgow, steaming aiieiui. forced the Leipzig to alter her course, enabling the Cornwall to open "re. The Kent, owing to the excellent and strenuous endeavours of her engine-room staff, got within range of

the Nurnbcrg at sve o'clock. The Numberg was afire at 6.3. When' eho sank at 7.20. a group of men on deck waved- tho Gorman oneign..

Tho Kent's casualties —four men killed and twelve wounded—were mostly caused by one ehcll.

The Dresden escaped owing to tho necessity of tho Glasgow standing by the Leipzig. The weather changed at 4 o'clock, and became clouiiy, assisting the Dresden to escape.

Admiral Sturdce adds that officers and men carried out orders with admirable efficiency and coolness. Sergeant 3fayes, of tho Kent, has been awarded tho Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. A f-hell burst and ignited cordite charges in a casemate, and a flash o!" flame went down the hoist into the ammunition passage. Mayes picked up a charge of cordite and threw it away, and then flooded the compartment, proventing a disaster that might have caused the lots of the ship.