The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-11
CRUISER EMDEN
. DRIVEN ASHORE BY
AUSTRALIAN ship
German Sea Terror Beach,
ed After Running Fight
With the Sydney.
LOSSES ARE REPORTED
TO HAVE BEEN HEAVY
Koenigsberg Bottled Up in River
Opposite Island of
Maha.
RECORD WITH FEW PARALLELS
Previous Skill OF These Vessels in
Eyading Capture Chagrin
to Naval Men.

LONDON, November 10 Ci2:51 +. NJ.
1t was Officially announced in Lon
don day that the German cruiser
Emdcn has been driven ashore and
burned. The losses among the officers
and crew OF the Emdeu arc reported
to have becn very heavy. The En,den
was destroyed by the Australian cruiser
Sydney. She was driven. ashore on an
island of the Cocos. or Keeling group,
southwest OF Java. in the Indian Ocean.
Tho sydney sighted the E:mden yes
tcrday morning. With superior speed.
she at orcc closed in. and gave battle.
The German boat could moi escape,
There WAS q running fight, at the
eud of which the Emden. burning from
the shells of the Australian boat, was
Deachcd Tho casualties on tho Sydney
are said TO have been slight.
TWO GREAT SUCCESSES
FOR THE BRITISH MANY
The British navy so, :nto .he
war picture to-day with. two sue
cesses-the destruction Of the Ger
man cruiser Emden. in the cast
ern waters Of the Indian Ocean, and
the bottling UP OF the ,Koenigsberg,
considered hcr>sister ship, In the west
ern extremity OF the same sea- H y = 81
These two raiders, especially tile
Emden, have many SUCCESSES to their
lseredit. and their skill ii,s,evading the
net thrown out for them has been II
The Emden's end came In battle. as
bctitted her record throughout recent
history, for, according to all accounts.
even those OF her victims. she playedsa
clean game strictly in accordance with
the recognized rule OF naval warfare.
After u sharp action OF C'ocos Is
land with the Australian cruiser sgd
ney. the German ship. with heavy cas-E
ualties was beacnSd. abazc,
The German cruiser koenieabcrs
met less glorious fate, as she was
bottled up In such n position that she
must, either be captured or surrend-
cred. though In either case she prob
ably will be nothing but useless hulk
The cruiser Chatham, which ran
down the Koenigsberg In the river op-
rosite the Island of Malta. German
East Africa, Is n sister ship OF the
sydney, which closed the career of the
G'hucii'
EESTRuCTION OF WARsfIIPS
ALSO TO THEIR CREDIT,
Both the Emden and the Koenigs-a
berg havo the destruction Of warships
to their credit. as well as tile sinking
oil many merchant ships. The E.mdem
sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug
and French torpedo-boat destroyer
off Penang, while the koenigsbergs
guns made hulk of the British light
cruiser Pegasus At Zanzibar In the
middle of September.
With the exception OF Admiral Won
Specs squadron In the Pacific all the
oceans are now believed to be free OF
German cruisers. and the British ad-
mtralty already has informed the coun-
try that adequate measures have been
taken to deal with the victors OF the
recent battle or the Chilean const
There were existing scenes ut Lyon5s
and at the Baltic Shipping Agency.
when news OF the end of the daring
commercial raiders was made known.
Shipping to Far Eastern waters had
been seriously disorganised owing 10
tieir presence.