New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-21
BRITISH CRUISER
CAUGHT UNAWARES
German Warship Disables
Pegasus While Making
Repairs at Zanzibar.

London. Sept. 20.-Not a gun has
been fred in the North Sea Tor Gays,
so far as the British public knows, put
II , Admiralty tonight issued bulletins
of important encounters IN far-ou wa
ters. Successes and misfortunes were
bo h chronicled impartially.
The German protected CRUISER NOS
nipsburg caught the British light cruls-
or Pegasus overhauling her machinery
in Zanzibar harbor this morning't aho
attacked and completely disabled ner'
The British lost heavily, and the h0e-
nigsburg was able to steam away
The German cruiser, whiie OF tne
same class as the British, had more
modern guns, which outranged her an
tagonist. .. t;,,od
and 80 wounded.
The German cruiser Emden captured
six British merchant steamers IN the
Bay of Bengal in six days and SANK
five of them. The Emdcn reappeared
at Rangoon, possibly haT nG taken part
in other exploits, as yet not known.
On the British side the score was the
sinking of a German merchant cruiser,
the can Trafalgar, by the former
Cunard liner Carmania, familiar. to
Transatlantic travellers, also armed as
a cruiser. on September Ia, IN waters
which the Admiralty describes as "of
the east coast of South America.
The British armored cruiser Cum
berland reports some small encounters
between small British and German
craft in the Kamerun River. IN Which
the British had the better OF IT.
The Admiralty report says that since
the outbreak Of the war the fegasus,
under command of John A. lnghs, nad
been working from Zanzibar ana mao
rendered very useful services lnciud-
ing the destruction of Dar-es-S Salaam,
a eeanort in German East Africa, and
tn sinking of the German gunDoat
Move and a floating dock.
early this morning" continues the
statement. "she was attacked by the
Koenigsburg while anchored in Lanzi-
bar harbor, cleaning boilers and re-
pairinc machinery. The Pegasus, mus
taken at a disadvantage and somewhat
outrapged by the newer four-inch guns
of the Koenigsburg, was completely
disabled. after suffering loss, unoEi
cially reported at twenty-five ri ieI
and eighty wounded. This Is algh
proportion out Of crew OF 234
"The damage done TO the koenlgs-
burp is not known. She was last seen
steaming to the southwark.
"On September 10 the German
cruiser Emden, from the China sta
ton, after being completely lost Tor
six weeks. suddenly appeared IN thes
Bay of Bengal, and during the period
including September 10 to ID capt
ured six British ships, as follows: Ihe
Indus, the Lovat, the Killim, the DIP
lomat, the Frabbock ard the Katln-ai,
Of which five were sunk and the sixth
VIZ sent to Calcutta with the crews OF
the others. The Emden is now report
ed at Rangoon, and il is possible she
has made other captures.
"The British armored cruiser Cum
berland." says the Admiralty state
ment. "reports from the kamerun
River that a German steamer, on the
night OF September l3. attempted TO
sink the British gunboat Dwarf, Com
mander Frederick Strong, with an IN
fernal machine in her bows. The at
tempt failed, and the steamer, with one
prisoner, was captured.
"On the night of the 10th the Dwarf
was purposely rammed by the Nachu-
gall, German merchant ship. Ihe
Dwarf was slightly damaged, but sus,
ta;ned no casualties. The Nschtlgall
was wrecked The enemy lost four
wAite men and ten colored men ana
eight white men and four colored men
are missing.