Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914 by Geoffrey Bennett - 9781783462797

Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914\nby Geoffrey Bennett\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Geoffrey Bennett\nTitle: Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: First World War\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd\nPublication year: 2014\nISBN-13: 9781783462797\nISBN-10: 1783462795\nRRP: \u00A312.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe defeat that Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock suffered at Coronel in 1914 at the hands of Maximilian Graf von Spee, one of Germany's most brilliant naval commanders, was the most humiliating blow to British naval prestige since the eighteenth century and a defeat that had to be avenged immediately. On 8 Dec.