El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-12

French torpedo craft, and realized that
she was a perfect mark for their tor
pedOes, the range being about 300
yards So she turned and made for the
however, were not very dangerous to
her for only one of them opened up
and that with machine gun.
Sends Torpedo Into Magazine.
This time the Emden passed within
$50 yards Of the Jemtchug. The range
was practically point blank, as in the
old days of Sir Francis Drake. Even
at this, the Russians could not seri-
ously injure the Emden. TIE Germans
sent a torpedo into the Russians mag
azine, there was a tremendous eXplos-
ion, and the Iemtchug was enveloped
in a mountain of smoke. Ten minutes
later she had disappeared beneath the
water.
Meanwhile the Mosquet had heard
the firing, and was coming into the
harbor at full speed. The Emden met
her as she went out. Three shells
struck the Mosquet at the same time,
and the waves soon found their victim.
Rescues struEgIing Grew.
Here came the chiyalry of Capt. Won
Mailer. which brought him into such
high respect by friend and foe alike.
Although the three French torpedo
craft were in his rear and should by all
the laws Of war be pursuing him, he
put down his small boats and rescued
the MosqUet survivors.
While steering away from Penang,
the Emden met the tramp steamship
Glen. Capt. Won Muller did not at
tempt to seize her, but sent her into
Penang with the message, Il tried not
to hit the town. If I did so, / am very
sorry indeed"
After this the Emden is not heard Of
except for minor captures, until No
vember TO- On that day the employees
nF no "a toll
several hundred miles southwest Of
Java, saw strange warship coming
into the harbor. Suspecting no good
was meant, the operators began to
send out series Of messages, I'm
known warship approaching shOre;'
letting down boats" armed party
coming ashOre;' evidently intend to
seize the cable station
These messages were flashed by
British cable and wireless all over that
time a great convoy Of Australian and
New Zealand transports was passing
about 40 miles from the Cocos island,
carrying troops to Egypt and Europe.
The guardian Warships heard the call
from somewhere IS. o. S. CocOs Island"
The Australian cruiser Sydney, Capt.
John Glossop, turned her bow and has
tened for the south.
Lands Men to Wreck Cable.
By the time she>Teached the vicinity
Of the island, a landing party Of 40
men had wrecked the cable station
Seeing the Sydney approaching, the
Emden let off great blast from her
siren to recall the landing party. Then,
without waiting for them, she steamed
out to meet the Sydney, a vastly SUI
perior warship in number and weight
of guns
It is said that the captain Of the
Emden exclaimed: "If she is an Aus
tralian cruiser, 7 viii sink her" He
underestimated the Sydney, however.
There were eight British gun layers
aboard, and the Australians too,
proved of good fighting metal
Fight at Range Of Five Miles.
The battle opened at a range of about
five miles. One Of the first salves
from the Sydney carried away the EN-
denis bridge and killed and wounded
about dozen men. At the same time,
the Emden scored by destroying the
Sydney's range finder. The Sydneys
gunners were forced to carry on indie
pendent fire.
The Emden got in two other good
hits. One went through the deck and
exploded in the after control where
it killed and wounded eleven Austral-
ians. Another exploded on deck, put
ting two of the gun layers out of the
fight and wounding several others
Butmeantime the heavier metal Of the
Sydney was doing frightful damage
aboard the gallant little German
raider The Emdens fore funnel was
shot away, then her mast. then the
other two tunnels, and finally the
Sydney placed q shot right I'm her tor
pedo tube. This virtually ended the
combat The Emden was just about
to fire a torpedo, the British shell
caused the torpedo to explode, with a
vast defamation and the Emden caught
fire.
Emden on Fire, Is Beached.
THE ErT1dnu vrac be1pba1 on 1ffFIn
island about IS miles from where the