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Falklands, battle of the, 1914. After dispatching Craddock's squadron at the battle of
Coronel, von Spee's ships rounded Cape Horn and on 8 December 1914 attacked Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. However, the Germans found themselves fighting a much stronger British squadron under Vice‐Admiral Sturdee, who sank all but one of von Spee's ships.
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