THE DRESDEN.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13731, 20 March 1915, Page 5

THE DRESDEN.

ACCOUNT OF THE ENGAGE-

MENT,

ENEMY HEADED OFF; FROM

NEUTRAL WATERS

Valparaiso, March 18

The Drama's commander, Captain Fielding, states that the Dresden was sighted a dozen miles from Juan Fernandez. The warships immediately set out in hot pursuit. The Glasgow was the first to hit, and got^n several shots before the Dresden replied. Meanwhile the Kent swung in to intercept the Dresden's attempt to reach territorial waters.

The Dresden's upper deck works. were already ablaze, and the Kent pumped in a. few shots, when the raider hoisted the white flag. There was a fire in the proximity of the magazine, and an explosion occurred a few minutes after the Germans left in their

own boats