Picture No | 10678752 |
Date | 8 December 1914 |
Description | Battle of the Falkland Islands by G. H. Davis |
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The Battle of the Falkland Islands -- how Admiral von Spee's squadron was sunk, the German cruiser Dresden alone escaping. Showing the action between the German cruiser Leipzig and the British ships Glasgow and Cornwall (top left), the duel between the Kent and the Nurnberg (top right), and the most dramatic moment of the fight -- the appearance of the British HMS Invincible and HMS Inflexible upon the scene of action (below).
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Source | Illustrations by G. H. Davis in The Sphere, 30 January 1915, pp132-3 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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