The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-01-08
SIDELIGHTS
ON The WAR
Captain Emden Prayed At
Enemies Funeral.
Two Versions Of How English
Soldiers Came Tie Be Called
"Tommy Atkins"

cruiser Emden, has come TO light
through the columns of a newspa per
published in Saigon. the capital of
French Indo-China. Perhaps naval
ethics are superior to those Of the
army or perhaps long distance from
home makes men less savage but GER
tainly the following story of courte-
Gus warfare and respect and honor
paid ny the conQueror to the conquer
ed shines brilliantly among so many
dark pictures of relentless warfare.
Battle With French Destroyer.
The world knows that on October
% the German cruiser Emden sank
the French destroyer Mousquet off
Penang, one of the islands of the
Straits Settlements, but the details
have only now become known in
France. The commandant of the
Mousquet mistook the Emden for a
British cruiser and let it approach
TO within a distance of two miles and
q half when it hoisted the German
flag and opened fire. The command
ant, named Theroinne, prepared to
give battle but, but before the men
were at their posts the Emden fired
and killed or wounded many French
sailors, among whom were the pilot,
Pese, and the wireless operators, AL
bertili and Pietri. From this time
on the Mousquet was without
chance of escape. One by one the
crew were struck and soon she'll
crashed through the side of the
French vessel and entered the boil
ers. The little destroyer began to
so down by the head.
The. Emden ceased firing. Com
man dant Theroinne.for the first time,
descended from the bridge and began
distributing life preservers, buoys and
hatch gratings. He himself was
wounded two thin streams of blood
flowing down his face. In moment
most of the crew who were able to
do so had leaped into the sea. The
Emden fired again and the command
ant ran forward to give aid to two
wounded sailors. He was in the act
OF throwing life buoys when sudden
ly the Mousquit sank.
Rescues the Survivors.
NJ. TherOinne succeeded in finding
support for some little time on
floating box but owing to an accident
he vas again thrown into the water
and never reappeared. Ensign Gar
issap was saved and assumed the
commanders place. The Emden
lowered two boats and rescued the
survivors, beginning with those far
mite preferred trusting to floating
barrel to being rescued. Then a
siren whistle from the Emden re-
called the rescue parties, as French
torpedo boats had been sighted.
Those not wounded were given quar-
tiers on the Emden's deck and the
wounded were installed in the mfr
mary. German sailors gave cloth
ing 20 the French prisoners. On the
night of October 2S-29 two of the
latter, Barbaroux and Stephan, died
of their wounds. The German crew,
including the Prince of HohenzOllern.
a nephew of the Kaiser. buried the
dead Frenchmen, who were wrapped
in the tricolor. with all military
hoho-s.
EmSsen's Captain ReCites Prayers.
The Emden's captain recited pray
ers Tor the dead and made a speech
n German. closing with the words
in French: eve pray for these
brave men who died from wounds re-
ceived in glorious combat" Even
tually the French survivors were
placed aboard the English freighter
Newbern and landed at Sabank. a
port in the Dutch East Indies. This
courtesy and charity toward his enc
mics characterized all the actions of
the Enden's captain, who deserves
10 be remembered equally for his
qualities of mercy and his splendid
naval achievements.
German Went Shopping in the Eng
Iish Lines.
The war correspondent of the Kol-
nische Yolkszeitung recounts shop
ping expedition" which a venture
some German soldier recently under
took Tor supplies within the English !
lines in Flanders. He writes:
Neither the enemy's fire nor the /
iDclemency of the weather can al
feet the courage and the humor of |
our men. Owing to the bad roads.
which are often made impossible by /
shell pits. and also to the rapid ad-
vance OF our troops. il is not always
possible for the commissariat col
umns TO keep pace with the fighting
line. Often, therefore, our men |