Just as the red glow of the sinking _Nuernberg_
was dying down a large four-masted sailing ship, with all sails
set, came out of the mist, her canvas tinged red by the flames'
rays. Silently she went by, disappearing again into the mist, a
weird addition to an uncanny scene.
Chasing the various units of the broken line of German ships had
taken the British ships miles from each other, but after ten o'clock
they began to reach each other by wireless signals and all made
again for Stanley. It was not until the afternoon of the next day,
however, that word came from the _Kent_, for her pursuit had taken
her farther than any of the other British ships.
The _Bristol_ and _Macedonia_ had made good in their pursuit of
the _Santa Isabel_ and _Baden_, but in going after the _Dresden_
the _Bristol_ was not successful; the German ship got away in the
rainstorm which came up during the evening, and the _Bristol_, which
had hurried out of the harbor at Stanley not quite ready for battle,
was unable to keep on her trail. The fast _Eitel Friedrich_, which
as a merchant ship converted into a man-o'-warsman had greater
speed than any of the ships on either side, was able to get away
also. These two German ships now took up their parts as raiders
of allied commerce, and were not accounted for till months later.
There was now on the high seas no German squadron.
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CHAPTER XXXVII
SEA FIGHTS OF THE OCEAN PATROL
There were some minor naval operations in the waters of Europe which
have been neglected while larger actions elsewhere were recorded.
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