By July 23 the Great Eastern was lying no farther than 800 kilometers from Newfoundland when it received telegraphed news from Ireland of an armistice signed between Prussia and Austria after the Battle of Sadova.
El 23 de julio, cuando el Great Eastern se hallaba tan sólo a ochocientos kilómetros de Terranova, se le telegrafió desde Irlanda la noticia del armisticio concertado por Prusia y Australia, tras lo de Sadowa.