The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-21
ADMIRALTY ANNOUNCES
IMPORTANT ENCOUNTERS
Successes and Misfortuncs Chroniclcd
importantly in Official British
Statement.
No FIGHTING IN NORTH SEA
Six Itngli>l, Merchant Ships Captured
and Light Cruiser Pegasus Dis
ablcd-Gcrman Cruiser Sunk by
Former Cunar,l Liner.

Former Cunard Liner.
LONDON. September 90 I1:lo +. Nd.
There has not been q gun fired In
the North Sea for days. so far as the
British public knows. but tho Admiralty
Tonight issued bulletins OF importont
encounters in far-on wdtcrs Successes
and miStortuucs were chronicIed i'm
partially.
The German protected cruiser
No"njEsbc:" caught the British light
cruiser Pegasus ovcrhauling her ma
'hincrN in Zanzibar Iiarbor this morn
ius ANA attacked and disabled her
The British lost heavily. and tho
NocnigsberS was able to steam away
The German cruiser. while of tho
same class as tho British. had more
modern guns. which outranged those
of her antagonist. Tho British loss is
gwen rs Twenty-Five killed ana eighty
wounded.
The German cruiser t.mdcn captured
six British merchant steamers i'm the
BAY OF Bengal III six days. and sank
five of them
The Linden reappearcd at Ransoon,
possibly having taken part in other
exploits as vet not known.
on the british side of tho score was
tho Sinkiu. OF a German merchant
cruiser. supposed to have been the Cap
Traialccr or the Berlin. by til" former
tun3rd liner Carmania. familiar to
transatlantic travellers. also armed az
g cruiser, on September II in waters
which the Admiralty describes as "ufr
the east coast of South America" The
British loss was small. nine killed and
twenty six wounded. The German loss
is unknown.
Apparently tho Carmania steamed
away without stopping to learn par
ticularS OF he" victims identity or
casualties.
The British cruiser Cumberland re-
ports small encounters between small
british aud German craft in the
lNamcruu River. In which the British
had the better Of it.
The Admiralty report SAYS that since
the outbreak of the war. the Pegasus
under command OF John \. lngliS. had
been working from Zanzibar and had
rendered useful services. including the
destruction Of Oar rs Salaam ca seaport
i'm German East ArricaD. the sinking
; of the German eunboat Move and a
floating dry dock
Earl this movniuc.' continues Tie
statement she was attacked 10y the
kocniGsbcrg Willie anchored in Fan
Zibur harbuv. cleaning boilers and re
pairing machinery. I'll" Pegasus,
taken ~ a disadvantage. and some
what outranEcd 10y the newer four
+ inch guns Of tho KocniSsbcrr was
completely disabled after suffering It
/ loss unotncialy reported At twenty
five KILLED and eighty wounded. This
is high proportion out OF a crew OF
pa
The damage to the koenigsberg is
no, known She was last seen steam
!ng TO the southwark.
ON September 10 the German
cruiser F;mdcn from the China station.
after being completely lost for six
weeks. suddenly appeared on the Fay
Of EcuGal, and during the period in
Guiding September 10 to II, captured
six british ships tho Indus, I.ONat.
knl:m. Diplomat. Frabbock aud
/ Katinca-of which nvc were sunk ana
the sixth WAS sent To Calcutta. with
Tia" crows az the others. Tho Emdcn
is now reported at !;an"oon and III is
! possiblc she has made other captures
! Tho British auxiliary cruiser Car
mania. Captain Noel Grant, royal navy.
went into action September II, or the
east coast of South America. with It
German armed merchant cruiser. sup
posed To bc the cap Trafalgar or Ter
3 lin. mounting eight iuur-iuch gums and
pompoms. The action lasted one hour
and fortN-iiV minutes. when tho Ger
man ship c;psiH"d and sank, her sur
Vivurs being rescued by an empty coll
licr.
"Of the Carmauia's crew, min" mcn
were killed and live seriously wounded.
First Lord Of the Admiralty has scut
tho following telegram 10 Captain
.riraut:
We'll done, YOU have fought fine
action Ia a successful finish"
rho British steamer Cumberland.
/ Captain cyril Fuller. x. ", reports
from Namcruu River shat Il German
I steamboat on the might Of September
~ attempted to sink tho British gun
boat Dwarf. Commander Frcdcricl<
strong. with an Internal machine I'm
her bows The attempt failed. aud the
steamboat with ono passenger was
captured.
ON til. night OF the 10th the Dwarf
WAS purposely rammed 10y t'r" Nash
tirall, German merchant ship. rh,
Dwarf was Slightly damaged hut sus-
taiucd mo- casualties The Nashtieall
WAS wrecked The enemy lost fourteen
mon and twenty-five m"u are missing.
~ further report from the Cumbcr-
land to-day SAYS two German launches
one carrying explosive machines, wcr.
destroyed rhc cucnys losses w"r.
ono white man killed and three whit'
men ana two natives taken prisoners ,
The Admiralty confirms a report
from TOKYO last week Of The sinking
Of SIX Eritish steamers by the Emdcn
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