The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-21
BRITISH CRUISER WAS
DAMAGED BY GERMANS
British Admiralty Gives Out Statement
of Encounter of the Pegasus with
the Koenigsberg in Zan-
zibar Harbor

London Sept. 2l-There has not been
gun fired in the North sea for days, so
far as the British public knows. but the
admiralty last night issued bulletins of
important encounters in far off waters,
Successes and misfortunes were both
chronicled impartially.
The admiralty report says that since
the outbreak of the war the Pegasus,
under command of John A. Inglis, had
been working from Zanzibar and had
rendered very useful services, including
the destruction Of Dar Es-Salaam la sea
port in German East Africa, the sinking
of the German gunboat Move and a
floating dry dock.
Early this morning" continues the
statement, "she was attacked hy the
Koenigsberg while anchored in Zanzibar
harbor cleaning boilers and repairing ma
chinery. The Pegasus, thus taken at a
disadvantage and somewhat outranged
by the newer four-inch guns of the Koe-
nigsberg, was completely disabled after
suffering a loss, unoificiaqly reported at
% killed and so wounded. This is a
high proportion out of a crew OF 234
"The damage done to the Koenigsberg
is not known. She was last seen steam
ing to the southwark.
"0n Sept 10 the German cruiser En-
den, from the China station, after being
completely lost for six weeks, suddenly
appeared in the bay of Bengal, and dur
ing the period including Sept. 10 to Ia,
captured six British ships as follows:
The Indus, Lovat, Killim, Diplomat,
Frabbock and the sixth was sent to Cal
cutta with the crews Of the others. The
Emden is now reported at Rangoon and
it is possible she has made other cap
lures.
"The British auxiliary cruiser Car
mania, Captain Noal Grant, royal navy
went into action Sept. IA off the east
coast of South Africa with a German
armed merchant cruiser supposed to be
the Cap Trafalgar or Berlin. mounting
eight four-inch guns and pompoms. The
action lasted one hour and IS minutes
when the German ship capsized and sank,
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
following telegram to Captain Grant:
"Well donel You have fought fine
action to a successful finish.
''The British cruiser Cumberland Capt.
Cyril Fuller. r. ~, reports from the
Kamerun river that German steamboat
on the night Of Sept. Ia ATTEMPTED to
sink the British gunboat Dwarf. Com
mander Frederick Strong, with an infer
nal machine in her bows. The attempt
failed and the steamboat with one pris.
oner was captured.
con the night of the 10th the Dwarf
was purposely rammed by the Nashti-
gall, a German merchant ship. The
Dwarf was slightly damaged but sus-
tanned no casualties. The Nashtipall
was wrecked. The enemy lost four white
men and 10 colored men, and eight white
and IL colored men are missing.
"a further report from the Cumber-
land to-day says that two German
launches. one carrying explosive ma
chimes, were destroyed The enemy's
losses were one white man killed and
three white men and two natives taken
prisoners"