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THE EMDEN'S ATTACK ON PENANG.

TORPEDO OFFICER'S STORY OF THE FIGHT

INNER HARBOUR A BLAZE OF LIGHTS,

A most thrilling account of the "German" "truiser Ender's attack on Penang and of the sinking of tho Thuesian cruiser, Jemischug and the French destroyer Mousquet was given by Capt. Witthoeft, who was torpedo officer of the Emden at the time, at a-lundiwon given in his honour by the Colomba Rotary Club ab Colombo on January 28.

Capt. Whitthocft is the Commander of the new Gorman light cruiser Emden, which is at present making a tour of For Eastern waters with 07 German Naval Cadets on board.

Capt. Whitthoff's address throws much, new light upon the Penang episode and will be read with the keenest interest, it' Malaya and the Straits Settlemonte

The following is the main portion of the text of Capt. Witthgeft's nitdress

The Risks

"It was rather a life and death risk to attempt to force the entry It is really a great pleasure for of a harbour, where not only war- me to be received to-day by the ships were to be expected, but Colondio Rotary Club with such where a small destroyer coul oasily friendliness and hospitality. And us to the bottom with one warship is allowed, I think, to consider herself, in times of peace,

sort of messenger, of goodwált and friendship between its own country and the countries which she visits.

"

torpedo. We had therefore to face the Wick:-

(1) Of getting into the harbour during the last hour of the right, without a pilot, and probably with- out lights and buoys.

* Immediately after the first shot, the Emden had turned, in order to avoid the crowd of about 20 steamers which were lying around hér and which could maily have barred her way,

*

But soon we enlised another

dangor. In order to get out me would have to pass the Russian cruiser once more... Although in an. apparently sinking condition, the Jertechug was obviously still in position to use her torpedo-tubes. She would, therefore, torpedo us hon we pasand het. In order to void this and for protection ngainst a counter attack, I hurried up to the Commander and asked him for his permission to launch Another

torpedo against the Jemtschug, so that she would sink before we sailed.- He agrood.

Meanwhile my fonts seemed al- most likely to be justified. All of in sudden we were under fire, Somó shells came from the Jemiadrug Some, however, came from another warship which, hitherto, had escap and our notion. It was the French dratroyer d'Iberville, lying at the inner and of the harbour along the jetty.

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There was, therefore; a second (2) Of approaching to within a enemy in the harbour. Fortunate Although I have, therefore, low hundred yards of one or twoly neither the Russian mor the nost gladly accepted your inwardhipe bigger than the Emden French fire hurt us, but only hit. vitation to meet you, it was only (3) Of turning within the narome British and Japanese cargo with some reluctance that I acont rowost part, ed the other part of your kind invitation, namely, to speak. We

old members of the Einden crow do not like very much: to speak of our own deeds. But, since you wish it I shall toll you the story of one of bur adventures, and I shall choose a real fight for the usual captures of cargo boats and other

Inercantile ships would be rather monotonous, and, of course, we are much prouder of an attack against another warship than of the ordi- 'cruiser parfare," "although, andoubtedly, this mas Our main task.

Dary

Inferior to Her Pursuers. The old Emden was n

not a very epeedy, ship, her armament any thing but strong, and most of the British cruisers which cruised then in the Indian Ocean were far superior to us in both respects. If.

therefore, we wanted to go on as long as possible, we had to be cars ful to avoid any encounter with unknown warships, since one never Know who they were..

"We therefore behaved very care fully when we passed Colombo ofi September 20, 1914-by the way for the only time during all our cruises. We came from Mana where we had destroyed soms of the

oil tanke and took our course to Minicoy, where so expected to find a good number of passing ships on the highway from the Suez Canal.

Stopped Near Colombo.

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(4) and last-but really not lenstof getting out again from the trap in full daylight,"

Panang's Blunder,,

"We approached Penang, at a speed of 17-18 miles on October 28 in the last hours of darkness. To our surprise we found the lights burning-a great help to us. The

Emden had carefully put out or had hidden all her lights and had put on the fourth funnel, which became famous on that day.

“At ten minutes to five o'clock we entered the outer harbour and had, at once another surprise. All lights were burning. The ship must have been noted from the pilot's house, and although the fourth funnel gave rise, at first sight, to the idea that we were the Yarmouth everybody should have been sus picious in view of our unusual speed and because we did not nak for a pilot,

Blown Up.

Meanwhile we had turned and were ready for the second torpedo ahot. We stood 700 yards from the Jemtschug For the second time I pressed down the electrical lever, to send the second torpedo against the Russian enemy. It hit her only too well. A terrific detonation was heard, for louder than the first one, and the whole ship evened to burst

into piccer

I could see that the shot hit her next the bridge and I suppose

ammunition depot must hava been hit and blown up, Enormous scraps of iron flew all round. A thick cloud, white, then yellowish, which was never to be seen again. then black, hid the unlucky ship

"The detonation was go striking that some men thought, the Emden herself had been hit, and we sent at once to the bottom of pur ship to Faok for leakagogiata

Clearing Out.

We did not find day, however, to turn to the French destroyer, in and the Commander was just about order to engage it, when the look-

out announced a big black "cloud" like a torpedo-boat. And, as it cntoring the harbour. It looked was most dangerous for as being, any case, barring our way out-we perhaps, ready for action and, in had to give up the French destroyer und turn to this newcomer, et

"The inner trarbour was alight like a railway station. In epite of had been taken.. It was still night. our visit to Madras, no precautions time, but every moment the dawn and gang were ready. Everybody was to be expected. Search lights

"We opened fro, at about 6,000: watched breathlessly. We akcken-yards. At once the ship turned to ed our speed and gazed into the escape her own smoke and we re- dark

cognised a small harmless. Govern ment launch, whith, fortunately. hned not been hurt by our first shots.

We stopped fire. But, by now, it, was about 7 o'clock and it did not sem nivisable to stay longor at Penang, nor to turn ones more towards the French destroyer. So we cleared out.

Among the many lights ashore and on the numerous ships, four. big white ones were at once made oup. We thought they might be. It will amuse you to learn that long to some torpedo-boats. But nt re had to stop, near Colombo, a this moment, the first yellowish stoamer called the Tymeric almost streak of dawn crane up and we within range of the searchlights of that the four lights belonged Colombo, whose cargo provided to bigger worship, which we pleasant food for the sharks, since now loss than 2,000 yard from the it consisted of 4,000 tons of sugar then turned at full spced towards On the roadstead we met a Emden. We stopped a moment,

A Lattor of Apology. These sonrchlights-1. remember them very well-were very good this unexpected enemy, which, in British cargo boat which we want and far-reaching and kept us at

respectful distance from Colombo, so that I was deprived of this first opportunity to see this lovely place, and which, therefore, I have seen only later on as one of the sur- vivors of the Inst grim fight.

the meantime, had been made outed to capture. We sent out a boat- the Russian cruiser Jemstchug, and gave them & letter of apology Potting the Jemtsching. for the Commander of the Goyarn- ment Bunch, which explained our mistake. At this moment a third urship appeated on the stene, a French destroyer-afterwards we learnt her name-it was this Mous

"She was lying in peace and quietness. A jolly-bont was just leaving, bringing the cook or some Let me not speak of this fightte guests, astore. Nobody art here, but of our first attack against board, nebody at the port seemed quot a warship which happened in the

·port of Penang,

to take any notion of e-not even We attacked her instead of the now, when we hoisted the German'lerville, which had been spared flag. We were now at about 300 in the Inner harbout A few broad- Longing for a Scrap. yards from the cruiser,

kidus of ours were elfective and we Wo-stopped using our sonnoli sit one dispatched our boats in "In searching a neutral

stemmerlights, as it was now light enough order to save the crew. From then near Rangoon we had learnt that to recognise the outlines of all ob and the Dupleik were lying at the highest tension and concentration, two French oruisers the Montcalm jeta. It was a moment of the

cut, this was not correct. But our-

we learnt that it had been her task bour, so that it had been for auto to watch the entrange of the har

port of Poning As we later found, as the torpedo-officer, stood lessness which had made possible men were tired of the monotony of in-position-and-waited-till-In

the target sighted. Then I order.

the end of the Jemtecbug-and-her- Own,

the oruiser, war and longed for ed Las at and all nyos turned teal" fight," so our Commander,

Back on the High Seas. Captain von Muller, decided to to the water surface, to trace the m

line of the deadly torpedo". A dull At about 10 a.m. we had regain detonation! The torpedo had hit the high seas, but, even then, the Jemtsching near the last funnel, appeared a new adversary. The Ervidently very deeply. The ship's. Drench destroyer. Fronde, sister stern rose somewhat for a moment ship to the Bousquet. She follow- and then sank so far that the flag-ed us stubbornly, not being danger mast at the stern, just remained one because we could now mako above the surface. C Dm of our - higher speed, but sent ong radio masage after an- other Emden noar Penang, Em den near Penanga

ttack them. Although they were expected to be tuuch stronger than The Emden, wo hoped to make that up by a surprise attack, Ma

The groakest difficulty, present ed itself ne to how to get into the port of Penang. It was clear that we would not do it in the night- time. After the bombardment of The hurrab of our ADC was threatening us in so far that sho Madras we had to expect to find all lights put out, so that we could not hope to manage the navigation Ly night

absorbed by our gun-fire which fol- owed the first torpedostot in order prevent the Russians getting gune into action. The noise and "We had difficulty, in getting rid alarm was reflected a thousand her, Fortunately a heavy chow- 8. you know has a very narrotimes by the echo in the narrower and some rough weather separat.

harbour.

Moreover, the port of Penang

ed us from this follower and the Pext morning we found ourselves. again alone on the sea, va

“This is my little story of our

entrance and has itself the form of

In the Morning Sun, long, narrow pipe ar bag, at the end of which worships would ang chor, if any.

There holaever, it Now the sun arose. The first would be difficult, if not impos beams filled everything with ite, stay at Penang. Some weeks after- UZZEdqaradimasukandloomakanan andeilly the mantivres On the other hand, the numerona mercantile ships, Sydney and, us prisoners of war, wo could not avoid getting a good the Emden herself with our we reached Colombo. So this is teal ipside in order to come as nor warfing at the tŋast and the Rus my second stay hore and I wish I the enemy ships as possible to sign cruiser, which looked already could have a third one and then launch our torpedoes from-n, short like a sieve-so pierced was the by tull, how extremely „nics and plea. distance;

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