That is to say, he had been a sailor on the Dresden and was in the battle of Falkland Island and off Coronel, where he was picked up by a Swedish boat and taken back to Germany.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
"E-ees, indeed, great Coronel," continued the landlord, once more addressing his speech to the captain of cuirassiers, "an' if yer fellows want to folla him, they maun be up to ridin' cross country a bit, or else-" "His name!"
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
"Yes," said Fra Diavolo between his teeth, "Mi Coronel Dupin-the Tiger."
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle