The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . t,of the w^orlds tin is produced, as well as a great amountof rubber. The thing that made Penang a point of importancein the war was the fact that it was the last port of callfor ships from China and Japan to Colombo and Europe,and it had been made more or less of a naval base by theEnglish Government. It was probably for the purpose ofcrippling this base that the Emden made her raid on it. 42 WARSHIP BATTLES AND RAIDS ON COMMERCE Had she found Penang u
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . t,of the w^orlds tin is produced, as well as a great amountof rubber. The thing that made Penang a point of importancein the war was the fact that it was the last port of callfor ships from China and Japan to Colombo and Europe,and it had been made more or less of a naval base by theEnglish Government. It was probably for the purpose ofcrippling this base that the Emden made her raid on it. 42 WARSHIP BATTLES AND RAIDS ON COMMERCE Had she found Penang undefended, she could, at one blow,have embarrassed English cruisers patrolling those waters,and at the same time have caused a terrific loss to Englishcommerce by sinking merchantmen at anchor in the was early in the morning that the Emden, with herdummy fourth funnel, and flying the British ensign, gotpast a French torpedo-boat, the Mosquet, which was onpatrol duty outside, and entered the outer harbor of Penang,where, across the channel leading to the inner harbor, laythe Russian cruiser Jemtchug. Inside were French torpedo-. THE SINKING OF THE EMDEN BY THE SYDNEYThe Cocos, or Keeling, Islands, are in the Indian Ocean about GOO milessouthwest of Sumatra. The Sydney was an Australian, not a British warship 43 IX THE GERMAN COLONIES AND ON THE SEA boats and torpedo-boat destroyers, the torpedo-boats lyingbeside the long Government wharf, while the Dlhervillcrode at anchor between two tramp steamers. At full speedthe Emdcn steamed straight ahead for the Jemtchug inthe inner harbor. In the semi-darkness the Russian shiptook her for the British cruiser Yarmouth, which had beenin and out of the harbor two or three times during theprevious week and did not even query* her. When lessthan 400 yards away, the Emden suddenly emptied her bowguns into the Jemtclnuj, and prest on at a terrific pace,with all the guns she could bring to bear in action. Whenshe had come to within 25
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