The Daily Telegraph of Tuesday published a graphic account of
the naval fight off Coronel from a member of the crew of the ' Glasgow.' Before the fight was over• the ' Glasgow' was ordered to save herself by steaming away. The writer says that Admiral Cradock's last words were " Get away at full speed." The Captain of the ' Glasgow' turned to his First Lieutenant and asked : "Am I to leave the Admiral ?" After dark the ' Glasgow' had tried to attract attention to herself and divert it from the harder-pressed ships by sending up flames through her funnels. The last message from the Monmouth,' which had made some attempt to steam away, no doubt at the Admiral's order, was : " I can't get away because my ship is making water rapidly forward, so I shall go back and engage the enemy and endeavour to ram or torpedo one of them." The ' Good Hope' continued firing after the whole of her midships had been shot away. The anxiety of each ship to help the others, and the reluctance to be saved while there was a chance of rendering assistance, make a wonderfully moving story. Richard Grenville himself was not more devoted in spirit.
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