The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-03-09
RAIDER MOEWE
At HOME PORT
GERMAN wARsHIP ESCAPES THE
.... BRITISH FLEET.
FIFTEEN SHIPS WERE CAPTURED
Vessel Has $25o,ooo in Gold on Board
Large Number of Prisoners
Taken-Sunk Most of Its
Prizes.


Berlin, March 6.-The' German sea
raider Moewe returned safely to her
port somewhere in Germany" Her
commander, Captain Count DONNA
Schlodein, reported the capture or sink
ing during her venturesome and ro-
mantle cruise of thirteen British, one
French and one Belgian vessel. Mines
laid by the Moewe resulted in the
sinking, among other vessels, of the
British battleship King Edward VII.
Aboard as booty the Moewe brought
100000 marks in gold bars captured
from the British steamship Appam,
which was sent into Newport News as
prize under command OF Lieut.. Hans
Berg. .''r' '. ~" ....'
Captives aboard the Moewe when
she arrived were SO British naval Of
flcers and sailors and 166 members Of
crews of captured merchant vessels.
Berlin Announces Return.
Announcement of the return of the
Moewe was made officially by the
naval general staff. ...
The official statement follows:
after a successful cruise of many
months the Moewe. commanded by
Frigate Captain Count Dohna-Schlo-
diem, returned to her home port, hav-
ing four British officers, Twenty-Five
British sailors and 1861 members OF
crews of enemy steamships, including
| 103 Indians, as prisoners, and 100000
marks ($250,00o) in gold bars. @'.
During her cruise the Moewe cap
tured thirteen British, one French and
| one Belgian vessels representing a
| tonnage of $685. Most of the YES
sells were sunk and the remainder
were taken as prizes of war to neutral
ports. sH.i,i -.
Mine Sunk King Edward WI.
"The Moewe also engaged in mine
laying operations at various points on
enemy coasts which resulted in the
loss of the British battleship King Ed.
ward VII. ''>
| (The King Edward VII, battleshlr
! of 1880 tons, was sunk by a mine on
January s, according to an official re-
port by the British admiralty, on
January 8. With the exception of the
Audacious and the Oceanic this was
I the largest warship lost by Britain in
the war. All her crew were saved
only two being injured. The scene OF
the sinking was never made publiC)
Among the vessels captured OF
sunk by the Moewe were the follow
ing: The British steamers COrbridge
1897 tons; Author, S.496 tons; Trader
3,608 tons; Arfadne, 3,035 tons; Dro
mondy, 1927 tons; Farringford, 3,14t
tons; Clan MacTavish, 5,316 tons; APP
pam, 1871 tons; Westburn, $500 tons;
Saxon Prince. 3.471 tons; Horace, 3,
1876 tons; Flamenco, 1929 TONS, the
sailing vessel Edinburgh, .1,472 tons
the French steamer Maroni, 3,109 tons
and the Belgian steamer Nuremberg
1892 tons" M.-. ..-
The return of the German commerce
raider Moewe to her home port" II
Germany with fifteen allied merchan
ships SUM- r captured and the British
battleship King Edward VII a victim
, of one of her mines, marks the end o
probably the most sensational chapte
of the naval history of the European
war.
Never before has the achievement
even been approached, except in tn
case of the raider Emden. The achieve
, ment of the Moewe in one most I'm
portant detail ranks 4even above tina
of the Emden, in that Captain Dohns
Schlodien of the Moewe brought hi
, ship and crew safe to their own port
while the Emden's spectacular caree
was ended by her; destruction unde
the guns of the Australian cruiser, Syc
ney off Cocos island in the India
g ocean. p a... I'm. ,tr'4...'
: While the Moewe's successes hay
? been less spectacular in some way
: the number of sinkings attributed I
. her have been in far. greater propo
ton to the time in which she has bee
f active and henceforth Captain Dobn
Schlodien's name will rank with thu
I, of Captain Won Muller in the annals I
!, German naval exploits. ~ e,gg4i 4
London, March 6.-An Exchanl
!, Telegraph dispatch from Amsterda
!, says the. Moewe reached Wilhelm
Il haven. ~ .yh
d Count Won Donna, the Moewe
II commander. has been awarded ii
/ iron cross of the first class. and Il
:, members OF the. crew have receive
= the iron cross of the second elias
= Count Won Donna has been ordered
4 meet Emperor William at headqua
% ters aisaastg5 80 !
Ie Lloyd's reports that the Britt.
ell steamer Rothesay has been sunk. II
h crew was saved. ts ,i5,,e n
IS The Rothesay was a vessel Of 30
. tons. It's home port was Cardiff TT
J. last report Of the steamer shows tn
y 1t arrived in Barcelona February
"a from the Clyde. stsssN
Ta ..E -----1-TT. 4sffft M
IS Joins Church at 118, f,s <.
: Mrs Mary TaIbot who WAS l1S yes