denly heeled to starboard,
while the men of her crew made hastily up her slanting decks and
then climbed over on to the exposed part of her upturned port side.
Many of these unfortunate men had time to jump into the sea, but
others were caught when she suddenly disappeared beneath the surface.

There remained the task of picking up her survivors, but they were
not numerous, for the shock of the cold water killed a large number.
Having picked up those whom they could, the three British ships
signaled the news of their victories to the distant cruisers which
were fighting it out with the _Dresden, Leipzig, Nuernberg_, and
_Eitel Friedrich_.

These lighter German cruisers had left the line of battle and had
turned southward at just about the time that the action between
the _Scharnhorst_ and _Gneisenau_ and _Inflexible_ and _Invincible_
began. They started off with the _Dresden_ at the foremost point
of a triangle and with the other two at the two remaining points.
The _Glasgow, Cornwall_, and _Kent_ went after them, while the
_Carnarvon_, because her speed was not high enough to accompany
them, remained with the battle cruisers. The _Glasgow_ drew up
with the German ships first, and at three o'clock began to fire
on the _Leipzig_ at a distance of 12,000 yards. As in the other
action of that afternoon, the British ship took advantage of the
fact that her guns had longer range, and she drew back from the
German ships so that their guns could not reach her, though her
own shells began to fall upon their decks. It was her object to
keep them busy until she could be joined by her accompanying ships.

[Illustration: VICE ADMIRAL SIR DOVETON STURDEE'S ACTION OFF THE
FALKLAND ISLANDS. DEC 8, 1914.

This plan shows the track followed by H.M.S. INVINCIBLE (Flagship,
Capt. P.T.H. Beamish) and H.M.S. INFLEXIBLE (Capt. R.F. Phillimore)
during an action which started at 1.0 pm and finished at 6.0 pm
resulting in the sinking of the German armoured cruisers SCHARNHORST
(Flagship of Vice Admiral Count Von Spee) and GNIESNAU. The LEIPSIG
was engaged and sunk by H.M.S. CORNWALL (Capt. W.M. Ellerton) and
H.M.S. GLASGOW (Capt. John Luce) in the near vicinity, also the
Nurnberg by H.M.S. KENT (Capt. J.D. Allen). H.M.S. CARNARVON (Flagship
of Rear Admiral R.P. Stoddart. Capt. H.L. D'E. Skipwith) was also
engaged with SCHARNHORST and GNIESNAU.]

The _Cornwall_ by four o'clock was also near enough to the _Leipzig_
to open fire on her, and