Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
FLEETS OF ALLIES
CONTROL EUROPEAN
WATERS, is REPORT
British Admiralty Announces
Victory for Carmania, But
Admits Reverses in Far
of Seas--German Victory
in Baltic.
BORDEAUX, Sept. 21.

BORDEAUX, Sept. H.
The fleets of the Allies control the At
,..no Mediterranean and North Sea, ac-
,ordInR tn an official Navy Department
Abatement published today in the Moni-
teur de la Flote.
LONDON, Sept 2l.
The admiralty has reported a number
a, encounters in far-off waters. In the
principal action the auxiliary cruiser
Carnania sank a German armed mer-
chant cruiser. The official bulletin an
nounces details as follows:
The Carmania, Captain Noel Grant, r,
N. went into action September IA off the
east coast Of South America with Ger
man armed merchant cruiser supposed
Ia be the Trafalgar, of Berlin, mounting
eight four-inch guns and pompoms. The
action lasted one hour and forty-five min
utes, when the German ship capsized and
ssnk, her survivors being rescued by an
empty collier.
OF the Carmania's crew nine men were
killed and five seriously wounded. None
of the officers was injured. The First
Lord Of the Admiralty has sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Captain Grant:
"Well done! You have fought q fine ac-
tion to successful finish.'
Disaster is reported by the Admiralty
In African waters,
SEVERAL BRITISH DISASTERS
The German protected cruiser Koenigs-
berg caught the British light cruiser
Pegasus overhauling her machinery in
Zanzibar Harbor and attacked and COM
pletey disabled her. The British lost
heavily and the Koenigsberg was able to
steam away.
The German cruiser, while of the same
class as the British. had more modern
guns, which outranged her antagonist.
The British loss is given as 25 killed
and 50 wounded.
The statement continues
On September 10 the German cruiser
Emden, from the China station, after
being lost for six weeks, suddenly ap-
peared in the Bay of Bengal, and
from September 10 to II captured six
British ships, as follows: The Indus,
Lovat Killim. Diplomat, Frabbock
and katnga, of which five were sunk
and the sixth was sent to Calcutta
with the crews of the others The
Emden is now reported at Rangoon,
and it is possible she has made other
captures.
The British cruiser Cumberland,
Captain Cyril Fuller, R. ~. reports
from the KameruI River that a Ger
man steamboat on the night of Sep
telnoer II attempted to sink the Brit
ish gunboat Dwarf, commander Fred
erick Strong, with an Internal ma
chine in her bows The attempt failed
and the steamboat with one prisoner
was captured.
COPENHAGEN. Sept. 81
The German fleet in the Baltic has de-
feated a Russian squadron, according to
adV!ces received here today. The battle
Is said to have taken place east of Kol-
3berg, and number of Russian ships are
reported to have arrived at Helsingfors,
Finland
The dispatches describe the German
fleet as comprising seven dreadnouGhts
and battl creuisers, two cruisers four de-
stroyers and a complement of supply yes
sells, and added that the flag of Prince
Henry of Prussia was displayed Oh the
armored cruiser Bluecher.
London has been waiting for some DAYS
for definite information of an engage
ment between this fiet and the Russian
fleet. Recent dispatches from Russian
sources have said that German ships had
fired on each other and that the Russian
fleet had not been in action.
ATHENS, Sept. 81.
The Turkish fleet is coaling at Constan-
tnop!e, according to a reliable report re-
ceived here, and will be ready to move
within IS hours if the Porte decides to
side with Germany.