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"What's the Emden heading that way for? asked Jack of Lord Hastings, who stood beside the lads. "My idea is," replied the commander of the Sylph, "that von Mueller intends to beach the ship." "In that event will he and his men try to escape inland?" "I suppose so." The Sydney continued her chase, seeming to gather additional speed at every furlong.
It was slower than that of the Emden, but far more deadly. A shell struck upon the Emden's deck near the forward smokestack and burst. Iron and steel flew high in the air and came down in a deadly hail, killing and maiming many members of the crew. The smokestack toppled to the deck, pinioning many more beneath it. Quickly a squad of men sprang forward and soon cleared away the wreckage.
It was plain that this remorseless pursuit was worrying the commander of the Emden and that he did not know which way to turn to avoid his pursuer. Lord Hastings sniffed the air. "Feels like there would be a fog tonight," he said. "I hope it is not so dense as to dim the glow of the searchlight." But in this he was doomed to disappointment.
Pierre, with North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Duxbury, near Boston, belonging to the American company. Communication is maintained with Germany and the rest of the Continent by means of a cable from Valentia to Emden 846 miles long ; and a cable from Brest to Salcombe, Devon, connects the St. Pierre and Brest cable with the London office of the company . Pierre; 9, St.
Esther was very proud of her success, but instead of being satisfied with what she had done, she desired more fervently every day to possess the science in its entirety, as she supposed I possessed it. It soon became known that St. Germain had gone by Emden and had embarked for England, where he had arrived in safety.
Her speed was good 24.5 knots and her armament of ten 4.1-inch guns and eight 5-pounder guns made her quite a match for enemy warships of her class and superior as for merchantmen. She was a sister ship to that other famous raider the Emden. In 1909 she had taken her place among the other foreign warships in the line in the Hudson River, participating in the Hudson-Fulton Celebration.
She had a complement Of 400 men. She was 400 feet long and was much greater in the beam than her antagonist. She carried several smaller guns and a number of rapid-firers. As did the Emden, the Sydney carried two submerged torpedoes. Across the water came the call of a bugle, as the crew of the Sydney made ready for action. She was almost within range now.
The Dresden, making well above her schedule speed of 24 knots, had disappeared to southwestward early in the afternoon. Her escape entailed a long search, until, on March 14, 1915, she was destroyed by the Kent and Glasgow off Juan Fernandez, where she had taken refuge for repairs. Cruise of the "Emden"
They had been instrumental in the first big victory of the British fleet off Heligoland; they had taken part in the pursuit of the German cruiser Emden, "the terror of the seas," and had been in at the death; they had been with the British fleet that had sunk the last German squadron upon the oceans off the Falkland Islands; they had taken part in many and dangerous other exploits, having more than once been in the heart of the enemy's territory; and always they had returned safely.
Six o'clock came and no sign of the Emden, and then seven. And then the fog lifted as suddenly as it had descended, and at that moment there was the sound of a big gun and a shell whistled over the stern of the Sylph. A mile in the offing, having put about, was the Emden. She had maneuvered even as Lord Hastings had figured, and had run clear by the Sylph in the darkness.
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