South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-10
GERMAN CRUISER
EMDEN, TERROR OF
SEAS, DESTROYED
British Press Bureau Announces
Australian Warship Sydney
Has Forced Ashore Ship
Which Harried Trade Vessels.

LONDON, Nov. THE German
cruiser Emden, waich has been prey
ing upon British commerce in the
orient ever since the war broke out
and which recently sunk Russian
warship in the straits settlement. has
been destroyed ~ the Australian
warship Sydney in~the Bay Of Bengal.
This information was officially
given out here today by the admiralty
through the government press bu-
reau.
The Emden was forced ashore upon
one of the Coco Islands and burned.
The destruction of the Emden
caused great rejoicing and 1t is re-
garded as an important naval feat
The Sydney. which was one of the
20 warships that were on the trail Of
the Emden came upon the German
cruiser early yesterday. The Emden
tried to escape from the Australian
warship which w9S heavier than the
German cruiser, but the Sydney
proved too speedy.
The Sydney opened fire upon the
German ship and the latter being un-
able to out-distance her rival stood
by off the Coco island group and gave
battle
Emden Runs Ashore.
After a sharp fight. during which
the Emden was badly damaged by
the Sydney's shells, the Emdsn ran
ashore.
The Emden had been set afre by
fire shells and was burning briskly
when she was beached.
The Sydney fired a few more shells
into the stranded German ship and
then drew off.
strOyed and the loss Of life on board
was very heavy.
The Emden was a sister ship of the
cruiser Dresden and was built at Dan
zig in 1906. She was $50 feet long,
"A feet in the beam and displaced
1852 TONS Her ordinary compile
ment was SCI.
The German cruiser Koenigsberg
has been imprisoned by British ships
off the coast of German East Africa
and cannot escape because Of oO-
structionS placed in the channel. it is
officially announced by the German
press bureau.
1t was announced that only 20 OF
the crew of the German cruiser es-
! capped out of a complement of 361.
Cleared for Traffic.
The admiralty announces that with
the destruction of the Emden and the
/ bottling up of the Koenigsberg the
Indian ocean and the Pacific have been
cleared of German ships except for
the squadron off the South American
coast
+ "All the assistance possible was
given to the survivors on the Emden,"
| says the admiralty.
1.-The Emden had landed a force
upon Coco island TO destroy the wire
less station and cut the cable. While
engaged in these operations the sgd
/ ney came up"
The search for the Emden had COW
cred many thousands OF miles and was
participated in by British, French,
Russian, Japanese and Australian war
ships. The successful ship, Sydney,
! was commanded by Capt. John L.
/ Glosscop. This was the first time that
! a warship belonging to any British
/ colonial possession has taken part in
an engagement and Immediately after
news Of the destruction Of the EN-
den was received, the first lord of the
admiralty Winston Churchill, sent the
following message to the commander
of the Sydney and TO the navy board
/ OF the commonwealth of Australia:
Congratulate Australians.
"Warmest congratulations on the
brilliant entry of the Australian navy
into the war. You have rendered sig
| nal service to the allied cause and TO
/ the peaceful commerce of the allied
nations by the destruction of the En-
! den."
/ The most noteworthy exploit or the
Emden was sailing into the harbor at
: Penang. disguised with a false funnel.
! and sinking the Russian cruiser,
Jemtchug and a French torpedo boat
destroyer under the guns of a British
! fort. She is said to have carried
japanese flag at the time. After
! ST lkinP these two ships the Emden
sped down the narrow. crooked straits
toward the bay 0f Bengal
Of ha "a
Emden had captured or sunk the fol-
lowing vessels:
Steamship Indust, 2,110 tons: steam
ship LOvat. 1876 tons; steamship Kill
lin. 2.257 tons; steamship Diplomat.
4,S73 tons; steamship TrabbOck, 1853
tons: steamship Krabinga, 1925 tons;
! steamship Craftsman, 4,O30 tons;
steamship Clan Matheson, 1868
tons; two ships, names unreported;
] steamship Tumoric; steamship King
/ Lud. 2,344 tons: steamship Riyberia,
2,44O tons; steamship Foyle, $3.50
tons: collier Bursk, 5,244 tons; steam
I ship Chilkana, 2.S24 tons: steamship
, Troilus, 4.S06 tons; steamship Benohr.
1910 tons; steamship EXford, 2,404
tons: dredger Ponrabbie: steamship
| Kamigaski Maru, 13S tons.
And the Russian cruiser Jemtchug,
3.12O tons, and the French destroyer,
Loulinet, 600 tons.
COL. DEWET Is KILLED
Son of General Dies in Skirmish in