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THE * EMDEN " AT COCOS,
GRAPHIC STORY OF THE FIGHT
With the permission of the authorities the Singapore Free Press has been enabled to give the following clear statement of what happened
At 5.30 am. on the 9th. I was informed that a warship with four funnels was steaming for the entrance between Hors- borough and Direction Islands. Quickly investigating and finding that the fourth funnel was palpably canvas I found. Mr. La Neuze and instructed him to progced immediately to the wireless hut and to put out a general call to the effect that there was a strange warship in our vicinity, asking for assista co and signing our naval code. At the same time I proceeded to the office and sent services, as previously instructed, to London, Adelaide, Perth, and Singapore,
ORDERS BF LIEUT,-COLA, OKAMIN, V.D.
MUSKELEY.
1. The Recruits of all Sections (except
Right Section M.G. C.) who karo not. fired Part I of the Musketry Course will attend Kings Park Range on one of the andermöntioned dates: Satur- day, 5th instant 2.30 p.m.; Sunday, 6th instant, 9.30 a.m. -Officers;
Commanding Sentions will detail sufficient N.C.Os. to assist the Instinctor.
THE BATTLE OPENS.**
foth, as the continual cutting HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPA Coming out of the entrance the Emden by Batavia would interfere with any fired immediately, and we were afterwards alterapt of passing tradio, and noticing informed that shells landed in both of that the magnets of our White's recorder were still intact. I asked Mr. Cherry to the Sydney's controls brazing one of their range finders The reply was hunt amongst the debris for a motor and any stray pieces of a paper stage, as we instantaneous and a very picturesque had both coils and batterice,
With the battle started at a range of about 3,700 aid of screws, bits of wins and string we vards and within a mile or so of the word able to arrange matters and had barrier. The Emden worked her guns another instrument, working early on the splendidly and seemed to be firing conrith, I was difficult to adjust and wo tinuously. Her shells were plainly visible were not able to report that we could casting through the black smoke of the pass traffic uninterruptedly over the Sydney and she appeared to be making inain line until afternoon. All the staff very good shooting. The Sydney, on the willingly set to work to clean up things other hand, having to pick up her range and were desirous of helping in any wày by gun firo was at first somewhat hindi they possibly could. capped; her shells landing over or short of the other cruiser and apparently some what astern. They had no doubt under- estimated her speed as she was travelling at a big rate. This, however, was speedily rectified and getting out of rango of the Eden's guns she hit her frequently. The fatter soon lost & funnel and almost immediately a mast, followed by another funnel and she was soon to be burning astern, with an escape of white steam from her side, a
The Emden, for such she turned out to be, came in at a great speed, nearly as far as our outer buoy, where she wheeled and disclosed an armoured launch and two heavily maaned boats under her counter. The two ships then passed the horizon They were immediately slipped and and were lost to sight. We afterwards speeded straight for the jetty. Through learnt that to avoid sinking she ran for a glass we managed to distinguish four the reef at North Keeling, burning furi machine guns, two in the launch and one ously. Captain Glossop wld me that at in the bows of each boat. This informa, first the Emden's shooting and the quality tion was conveyed to the aforementioned of her shells were both excellent but stations and I personally told Singapore rapidly deteriorated. The Sydney was that it was the Ender: So quick had been steaming at 20 knots and the Bmden 24. their movements, evidently with the hope There is no question but that the Emden of rushing our wireless, that the slip of put up a very good fight. I was informed the last mentioned services was passing that one of the Sydney's six-inch shelle through the autos when they entered struck a gun and carried it overboard with the office. In the meantime Mr. La Nauze its whole crew. Captain Glossop informed was putting out the call.
sms that although on the reef will only one gun left the Emden refused to haul down her colours and he was regretfully compelled to continue firing, After the third shot or salvo, as the case might be, & man went aloft and struck her colours.
I returned to the wireless hut, where he informed me that the Emden and her collier, the Hires, were endeavouring to interrupt him. I instructed him to continue the call," as the fact of forcing the two ships to use their strong Telefun- ken notes could only have bee regarded as a matter for suspicion if picked up by n warship.
TAR THE PARTY LANDS.
ACTION, OF THE LANDING PARTY.
THE STAFF AND THE BATTLE-A Dr. Ollerhead by going on the roof to inspect the Emden's fourth funnel gavo me the chance of putting out the wireless call without any wasted time.
Mr. G. H. K. La Nauze maintained the call under very trying conditione; Mr Presbaw worked long hours erecting instruments and re-wiring the circuits.
Mr. Grifin recovered the Perth ends and atraightening out the cable enabled us to make a short connection.
Mr. Cherry constructed another instru- mont out of very unpromising material collected from the debris.
We had a beautiful day for the battle, calm and bright, and it was very difficult to restrain meself and the Stat from cheering the hits The Sydney had boys aboard, I believe 30, who did splendidly and are the pride of the ship. Une poor little chap was killed and another wounded it was a remarkable incident that of the first shots fired by the Emden a shelt fell in either of the Sydney' controls, almost simultaneously. She hath run in a little too close, but speedily reotined her error. It was hard fo believe that she was the ship that made such a terrible mess of the Emden. I believe she was hit six times, but with the exception of a dent in her 2.5-inch belt, not deeper than the palm of one's band,
retained, and the German flag was hoisted. I suppose we were putting out our call The landing party had meanwhile and the yellow streaks of the melinite
fumes, I saw no other damage, me I was asked to get the men together and for a quarter of an hour, first, Strange it was explained to them that they were ship at entrance and later Emden under German martial law and that any here. The first was picked up, but 1 atempt to communicate with the enemy have heard no mention of the second. would bring about drastic punishment. Lieut. von Muecke, a tall, pleasant, well- All fire-arms had to be given up and the built man, allowed me to do almost every- staff were put under an armed guard. thing that I asked him, and I am pleased Armed guards-ran, to all buildings and
When Lieut. von Muecko came up he to say that at my request he sent no one the office was taken possession of in force, explained that if the Emden did not to Home Island They were all the staff ordered out, Lieutenant on return before evening he would take the thoroughly sick of the work they had to Muecke, in charge of the landing party, schooner Austha and leave the island do and up to their arrival here had not was exceedingly agreeable He informed He required provisions, which he said lost a man. He told me that the Emden me that he had landed three officers and would be returned or paid for later, and had a complement of 300 men, of which forty, mon and his instructions were to asked for any old clothes for his men. forty were ashon, but later Dr. Oller
Ho allowed us full liberty and allowed head said that one of the survivors told destroy the cable and wiseless stations me to lock up my office, the stationery him that the hart 352 on board at the Further than this, he said, they would not
c. It was only now, when the officers commencement of the fight. Whatever go, and all private property would be were too busily engaged in provisioning the number, was he considered the absence respected. He instracted me to collect the the schooner to properly look after their of the landing party a very severo staff and take them to a place of safety as nien, that a good deal of petty pilfering handicap he was blowing up the wireless mast.went on and more damage was done to Three charges had to be fired before it fell the already destroyed office The mainmast was considerably damaged, the topmast appears unhurt, and a short length is broken off the top gallant mast. Instruments, engines, dynames, batteries, etc., were all battered to pieces with huge axes, one of which I have and
I stood at the corner of the hut to assume responsibility for the use of the wireless, until an officer and soms half- dozen bluejacket, ordered us to desist, and leave. A A A
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rending it to you as a mementos The Emden was for a short time circling over the cables, but evidently worried by our wireless she almost immediately stood out to the entrance to watch for anything conning up,↑ The only question I was asked was the whereabouts of the cable ends the answer in the sea** appeared to satisfy them as I was not pressed. Whilst all the damage was being done nébure the launch was searching the foreshore for our cables,
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2.---Bombe, Ixer is tuttached to the Cades Company as Instructor from this date.
TEMPORARY COMMIFBLOND, 3.The following members .of the H.K.V.C. are granted temporary com- missions in the New Service Battalions, for the period of the war, in the
dated undermentioned ranks,
3rd December, 1914-
A: F. Milk, to be 2nd Lieutenant. A. Langston to be 2nd Lieutenant. A. D. Openshay to be 2nd Lieutevent.
PARADES.
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6th inst. Nil POS
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Orderly Officer: 2nd-Lient. Swire Orderly Officery Saturday and Sunday:
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He explamed to me the Zemchug incident and how they tried to lure the At G ̈ ̈p.m. they joined the Ayesha, Pistolet to close quarters. He further towing their two boats and bring towed explained that it was the first time that by the launch. The German fag WES he had been ashore for three months, broken at the peak and after giving three except for seven minutes on another cheers for the staff and the compliment island. It was not the Emden which turned they stood out to sea in the passed here on the lat September, but he That same evening we got into com suggested that it might have been this just such a medicine, It is composed
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Konigsberg munication with Bataria who answered I asked him whether in the event of our second or third short call We tried our cruiser returning he intended to fight Rodrigues, but probably our battery was on the island and he shrugged hia too small, and we failed to raise him, shoulders and said '' I must." After reporting as much as was coesahip would have most certainly shelled, sary, as we were tired out and working I arranged with him that the Staff and with candles in the midst of a chaos of servants should go to another island out broken glass, I closed down for the night of the danger zone, and I told the telling Batavia to watch for us at carpenter to tell the Chinämen to make daylight
all preparations to leave. On account of the few boats and the probable shortness On the 10th we were early in a position of notice. I am afraid that not all could cutting and which was one of the causes to wire reports and exchange services have got away, but I had no intention of their not gesing aboard the cruiser with Singapore. Discovering a mil-at-had gone. Direction Island would have rof. going until every man and servant made about three hundred meter in a fairly good state of preserva afforded sufficient shelter and was quite The cul was Fards from the jetty,
tion we were able to roughly test the safe for a few and I did not feel, at all SIGNAL OF RECALL
ather two cables, finding, Rodrigues in inclined to move, good order and Perth cut. We com- municated with the former station and was Lient Schmidt, son of Admiral Another officer with the landing party a boat with the handy men under Schmidt of Kiel van Griffin searched successfully for the Perth ends The cable was somewhat pulled The Supervisors had been instructed to bout and had to be straightened detachi inen üt intervals as lookouts from before making a temporary connection The ends were lashed to a life-boat and the office roof and that is how the Emden communication restored early in the their men to alcohol, excepting what they was discovered. The Germans allowed afternoon.⠀⠀
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At about 8.45 the Friden, steamed in again and made frantic endeavours to recall her boats using both her flags and syren. The launch appeared to be unwill- ing to give up her cable and scine delay was experienced in getting her in and the men aboard E
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Lieut von Muecke sok hands with me on leaving and apologized far having had to blow up our small engineer's store owing to there being a roll of electric light Our Chinese lighter was scuttled by stole, and none was taken away in the cable there, and hoped the would the Germans I
Ayesha mast spread. All the men were looked over receive from Captain was very glad to Excepting a very tiring, long day in for lobt and a few minutes later put out mentioned life-boat which had previously a hot, sun with next to nothing to cat SKIN AND BLOOD DISEASES. to rejoin their ship.
belonged to the Eniden's coffier, the we were not put to any great discomfort The office was left in terrible state Break, and which Cocos station should and any worry was discounted by the joy of being instrumental in catching the and it was difficult to even effect an and extremely useful. The GermaNS notorious Emden. The pleasure certain- entrance. A great deal of purely wanton interfere with our refrigerating plant to have been here and to have been able pure, by request, good enough not to ly predominated the pain. I am glad and senseless damage was done, such as and the condensor. Our large lathe, to do what we did and I believe, this is breaking windows, tables, chairs, etc., but enfortunately, was wantonly turned over I was agreeably pleased to find that no and the gears broken, but I will report echoed by everyone. altempt had been made to draw the more fully on this we bad received many kind messages and con- artificial line boxes out of their cabinets, me to go this tool when we have bo gratulations. I am sending one of their DARLINGTON'S HANDBOOK. and the greater part of the damage to eway mattresses, pillows, cutlers plate, Instrument adjusters, in the shape of a these appeared to be superficial and and the greater part of our distilled when she returned, but I believe, they manded by the Queen to thank big axe. I did not go aboard the Sydney "Sir Henry Pensorby is com- repairable,
vatár, and also one of the staff's dingys. About twenty boxes of the Rodrigues I hope to get a full list made out of speak very bighly of Doctor Olierhead's Mr. Darlington for a copy of his lino we can mend ourselves, and I hope everything commandeered at the earliest ability and the assistance he gave to the Handbook the larger part of the others will be found possible moment.
Our stationery and ship, The Emden Bew no colours and to be in fairly good order. The cabinets slip cases were not touched and all letters evidently hoped to find us asleep. As it' themselves are undamaged, some of the and letter books are intect.
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The engine-room, accumulator room, and On the 10th inst. at daylight the wireless but were in a state of complete and sent two boats towards the shore. H.M.A.B. Sydney anchored off the island collapse: The damage to the engines, however, is not nearly so great as it would The first had a white fag in the bows have been had dynamite been used, and all and was followed by an armed cutter. should be workable again when the broken They were under the impression that the. parts have been replaced. The only times Landing party was still here. At the that they had recourse to dynamite were guest of the officer in charge, Lieut. when blowing up the mast and breaking to Captain Glossop
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After the departure of the boats I requested the staff to have breakfast and then help in clearing up and finding out
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the eastward, and at the same time it was impossible to get about her decks owing noticed that the Emden had raised her to the masses of angled ironwork. anchor and was standing out to sca. Many of the wounds were already septic Getting on to the barrier a cruiser was and in some cases were blown.
She seen coming up at a great rate stoking returned to Direction Island on the heavily and enveloped in a cloud of black morning of the 11th, learing two smoke. It was only an occasional glimpse Germans with broken legs who were on now and then which showed her to be a the far side of the island to be picked four funnel light cruiser, which we up as she passed out, and having landed | incorrectly assumed to be the Newcastle. her passengers proceeded to sea
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