La perte du "Monmouth" et du "Good-Hope" avait profondément affecté nos alliés les Anglais; ils chargèrent une forte escadre de venger l'Amiral Cradock: la vengeance ne se fit pas attendre. Le Vice-Amiral Sir Frederick C.-D. Sturdee, commandant l'escardre anglaise, a coulé quatre croiseurs allemands près des Iles Falkland: le Leipzig, le Sharnhorst, le Gneisenau et le Nurnberg, battant pavillon de l'Amiral von Spee, commandant en chef. Le combat dura cinq heures; le Sharnhorst coula au bout de trois heures, et le Gneisenau deux heures après: les croiseurs légers ennemis furent poursuivis et dispersés. Ce fut une belle victoire sur mer pour nos alliés. (8 Décembre 1914).
Modèle Déposé. Imp., 13, Quai d'Anjou, Paris.
Etching. 280 x 427mm. 11 x 16¾".
In 1914 the British were defeated at the Battle of Coronel by the Imperial German Navy. The British then sent large force to track down and destroy the victorious German squadron. Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee led the SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Gneisenau, SMS Numberg, Dresden and Leipzig to attempt a raid on the British supply base at Stanley. A large heavily armoured squadron had arrived at the port the day before and detected the German squadron early on. The German fleet, except the Dresden and the auxiliary Seyditz, were hunted down and sunk.
[Ref: 20832] £75.00
Etching. 280 x 427mm. 11 x 16¾".
In 1914 the British were defeated at the Battle of Coronel by the Imperial German Navy. The British then sent large force to track down and destroy the victorious German squadron. Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee led the SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Gneisenau, SMS Numberg, Dresden and Leipzig to attempt a raid on the British supply base at Stanley. A large heavily armoured squadron had arrived at the port the day before and detected the German squadron early on. The German fleet, except the Dresden and the auxiliary Seyditz, were hunted down and sunk.
[Ref: 20832] £75.00