Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'ụbọchị ahụ ndị Admiralty nyere iwu ya, ndị East Asia Squadron pụtara na German Samoa a na-achị achị
Ọ dị mma. Njem ya pụtara n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ, na ihe ndị na-aga n'ihu nke ụgbọ mmiri ọkụ na Bay of Bengal, mere ka ndị Admiralty kwubie na Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee, onye isi nke East Asia Squadron, bu n'obi izute "Emden" na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Pacific ma kagbuo nnyefe nke "Defense" na iwu Cradock. Mgbe ụbọchị abụọ gachara, ndị Admiralty zigara Cradock ozi na von Spee na-apụ na South America nakwa na ọ ga-achọ n'ụsọ oké osimiri ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ nke South America maka ụgbọ mmiri ndị German na-enweghị nchegbu banyere idebe ụgbọ mmiri ya, ma ọ gwaghị ya na "Defense" agaghịzi ezigara ya.