Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-10
EMDEN BURNED
BY BRITISH SHIP

Continued from, Page One
FIVE more steamships, another dredge and
captured steamship which was not de-
stroyed
ESCAPED FROM CRUISERS
Only once were the British cruisers near
enough to her to endanger her, previous
to the encounter with the Sydney. That
was on October Is. when the Emden was
of sumatra with tho Hamburg American
steamship Markomannia, her collier. The
Emden did not stop to fight but used
her speed to got away. The collier was
sunk by the British war vessel.
The Emden's speed Is said actually to
have exceeded her official rating Of 8
knots an hour. Her largest guns were
but 81 inches. She had but ten of them,
with two machine guns and two 1S-nch
submerged torpedo tubes.
The losses among the officers and crew
OF the Enlden are announced as having
been very heavy. The Sydney's losses
were three killed and 10 wounded.
ADNfIRALTY's STATEMENT.
Telling Of the destruction of the Emden,
the Admiralty statement declared:
Yesterday morning news was received
that the Emden, which had been COM
pletely lost since the action with the
| Zehmtchug, had arrived at Keeling,
Cocos Island, and landed an armed party
| to destroy the wireless station and cut
! the cable. The Emden was caught and
| forced 20 fight by the Australian warship
| Sydney.
| "A sharp action followed, in which the
| Sydney lost three men killed and 10
| wounded The Emden was driven ashore
| and burned. Her losses are reported to
| be very heavy. Every possible assistance
was given the survivors by various ships
which were dispatched to the scene.
ONE GERMAN SQUADRON LEFT.
with the exception of the German
squadron now off Chile, the whole Of the
Pacific and Indian Oceans are clear of the
enemy's warships."
THE Admiralty sent the following mes
sage to the commander Of the Sydney:
Warmcst congratulations for the
brilliant entry of the Australian havy
into the war and the signal service
rendered to the allied cause and
peaceful commerce by the destruction
of the Emden.
"BOTTLING Up" THE KOENIGSBERG.
or the Koenigsbcrs "bottling up" the
Admiralty statement said
"On the 3Oth OF October the Koengs-
berg was discovered by the Chatham hid
ing in shoal water six miles up the Ruff
ijl River opposite Mafa Island, German
| East Africa. Owing to her greater
draught. the Chatham was unable to
reach the KoenigsberE which is probably
aground. Part of the crew of the Koen-
| igsberg had landed and entrenched on
the banks of the river.
Both the entertainments and the
Koenigsberg were bombarded by the
| Chatham, but owing to the dense palm
| groves among which the ship lies il
! Is impossible to estimate the damage
| that was done. Pending further opera
| tions for the capture or destruction OF
! the Koenigsberg effective steps have
| been taken to block the vessel In by
sinking colllers in the only navIgable
| channel of the river. She is now i'm
| prisoned and unable to do further harm"
THE KOENIGsBERG.
The KoenIgsberg is rated as pro-
tected cruiser. Her keel was laid down
in December. 1905, and she cost nearly
81, 100000. With normal displacement
of 800 tons. the Koenigsberg had a length
| over all of $50 feet and breadth of 43%
feet She carried ten 41-inch guns. eight
three-pounders, four machine guns and
two submerged torpedo tubes. The Koe-
nlgsberg complement was 2e5 officers and
| men.
The Chatham, sister ship to the Sydney,
which destroyed the Emden. is q light
| cruiser Of 300 tons displacement. She
is 4SO feet long, with a breadth of 4SI
| feet. The Chatham carries an armament
| OF eight siX-inch guns, four three-pound-
ers and two submerged torpedo tubes.
| She has n complement of $50 men.