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the rapid manoeuvring of his squadron, partly by- 
sending destroyers to drive them off. It should be 
noted, therefore, that in any action where sub- 
marines or destroyers can be employed by the 
enemy our ships will be compelled to manoeuvre 
rapidly to avoid them. Later in the day, when 
the squadron was engaged in sinking Koln and 
Ariadne, it was once more attacked by sub- 
marines, and Queen Mary (Captain W. R. Hall) 
turned his ship, not to avoid the submarine, but 
its torpedo, which wp.s seen approaching. Alone 
of the actions which have taken place in this war, 
the firing was all within comparatively short 
range. Six thousand yards was the limit of visi- 
bility. There are not sufficient data to judge 
whether the British gunnery was greatly superior 
to the German. But Commander Tyrwhitt 
draws attention to the fact that, in one of his 
many engagements, a German cruiser sent salvo 
after salvo, all within a few yards of his ship, 
but none of them secured a hit. This point will 
be referred to later on. 
VON SPEE V. CRADOCK. 
Of the Coronel affair we have two reports, one 
from Captain Luce, of the Glasgow, and, quite 
recently, Von Spec's. The English guns were com.- 
pletely outclassed. In the heavy sea only a por- 
tion of the armaments could be used. The light 
conditions placed those guns that could be used 
into an almost hopelessly disadvantageous posi- 
tion. Hardly any hits were made upon the 
Germans at all. Both Monmouth and Good Hope 
were hit by the enemy's third salvoes. These hits, 
though not instantly fatal to the ships, were pro- 
bably instantly fatal to their fire control. So 
unequal were the conditions for seeing that, had 
the sides been of equal gunnery power, the fact^ 
that the Germans could see to range their targets 
and that the English could not might have brought 
about a similar result. This fight, like the Falk- 
land Islands fight, raised the question of the 
tactics of a weaker ship when compelled to engage. 
This will be discussed in the general survey of 
these actions. 
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