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message to clear out and made back towards Vallinar [Vallenar] Roads, to pick up an officer and two men from a head land who were landed from the "Goodhope" as a look out whilst the Goodhope and Monmouth were in hiding behind the Island. The ships had made a hurried departure and left them intending to call back again for them alas! they never returned and the Germans the cows!! put 70 shots into the Monmouth as she was sinking and well alight, "Von Spee" had the advantage of "Craddock" [Cradock] he out manoeuvred him having superior speed so that the "Goodhope" and "Monmouth" were at a disadvantage firing with the sun in their faces also in the gun sights and the guns on the British ships were in two tiers and the heavy swell at the time prevented the lower tiers from being used