Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-14
CORRESPONDENT TELLS
OF EMDEN's LAST FIGHT
German Ship Is In Lagoon
at Keeling.
FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
Leaves Landing Party on Shore and
Goes Out to Engage Adversary.
Fight Continues Eighty Minutes
Before English Vessel Wins.

LONDON. November lS.--'The corre-
spondent of the Chronicle at Keeling,
Cocos Islands, under date OF Thurs
day, November ~. sends the following
story OF tho last fight OF the German
cruiser Linden:
"a four-funnelled cruiser arrived at
fun speed at the entrance OF the la
COON at o'clock on Monday morn
| Ing. The suspicious OF tlloso ashore
were ut once aroused, as the cruleer
WINS flying no flag and the fourth fun
mel was obviously dummy made Of
, painted canvas.
"The cruiser immediately lowered a
launch and two boats. which landed
three officers and forty men. al, armed
md having four Maxine.
Tho Germans, for such they proved
! to be, rushed to the cablo station.
! turned out the operators, smashed tho
instruments. grappled unsuccessfully
for the cables. and blew up tho elec-
trical stores, but n general call had
! already been sent out by wireless.
at 0 O'Clock the Emden blew he:
emergency siren for the return Of tho
landing party. but did not wait for
them. From ashore the reason for the
!Smden's haste WAS apparent as In the
| eaat warship could be seen coming
up mt full speed.
Tho Emden fired the first shot at
| a range OF 800 yards. at the sa,ne
time steamins in y northerly direo-
tion at her fastest possible speed.
Meanwhile her pursuer was Identified
from the shore az the Australian cruis-
| er Sydney.
ENIDES's FIRST SHOT
WRECKS RANGE-FINDER
, at first the firing OF the I5mden
seemed excellent. while that OF the
sydney was erratic. Thig it after
wards developed. was due to the fact
that the Emdon's first shot had wreck
! cd the Sydney's range finder. The
| British gunners soon found tho range
however, and shot away two OF the
! limden's tunnels and one mast. Both
ships were blazing sway with nil their
guns when :hey disappeared below the
horizon. md the Emden was afire aft.
! Meanwhile the landing party en-.
trenched on the shore OF the lagoon.
determined to fight If the British sent
q party ashore. After n time. how
ever. they decided to quit the island.
! They embarked on the old schooner
Aynsha. seized a quantity OF stores and
| sailed away. They have not since been
seen,
! Early on Tuesday the Sydney au-
chored OF. the island und reported her
victory. The ofticofs explained that
they were able to keep out Of the
range ofbtae E,nden's guhs. mean.
while bonibardlng her with their heav.
Ter artillery. The engagement lasted
eighty minutes. the Ernden finally run
| ming ashore on north Keeling Island
an utter wreck.
| only two OF tho Emdcns shots
were effective. Tho first smashed the
! range-finder and killed one man, and
| the second killed three mon and
wounded fourteen Both OF the cruis-
ers used torpedoes during the lighting,
| but Intellectually. The Sydnoy's speed
| during the fight was twenty-siX knots
I and the lSmdens was twenty four.
| Tho Sydney also sank the collier
Buresk, which had been in attendance
on the Dmden. and after reporting her
victory here left til o'clock Tues
! day TO look for survivors, The sgd
ney sailed finally on Wednesday, with
n number OF prisoners."