GERMAN CRUISER EMDEN.
REPORTED CAPTURE. NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. Received this day, 10.25 a.m. Fremantle, This Day. An overseas steamer brought news that the German cruiser Emden was captured on Sunday by British and Japanese cruisers. . Official confirmation of the report is lacking. GERMANY'S NAVAL METHODS.. PROTECTING PACIFIC FLEET Shanghai, Tueday. The German gunboat Tsing-tao was off the Bund at Canton at the beginning of hostilities. She was entrusted to the chief engineer as a majority of the crew had gone to Tsing-tao. One morning she disappeared, dropped some guns and ammunition overboard, and returned to the Bund. She was sold to a German firm for twenty-two pence, and is now registered as a merchantman.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 708, 30 September 1914, Page 5
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114GERMAN CRUISER EMDEN. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 708, 30 September 1914, Page 5
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