On the Sea
ENEMY'S CRUISER CHASING BRITISH MERCHANTMEN.
Calcutta, September 21. The cruiser Emden, assisted by nasty weather and intercepting wireless messages, sank between the 10th. •it l 14th September two colliers, two •mpty steamers, and the steam Diplomat, with a cargo worth £350,000, .including 40,000 packages of tea. All ) e captured crews were transferred ( -i the'Kabanga, which was sailing for America. The Kabanga arrived at Calcutta on the 16th. A British Iwarship is pursuing the Emden, which escaped to the southward. All sailings ':•: the Bay of Bengal have been temporarily cancelled. The Emden has •'.used British owners and underwriters a loss of three-quarters of a mil-
!c;n. Her people treated the crews well.
MORE OF THE EMDEN'S WORK.
(Receiver! 9 a.m.) London. Scptemlvi, 22. The Emden sank the Chin JMetheson iti the Bay of Bengal. The crew landed at Rangoon.
,'APANESE TORPEDO-BOAT SUNK BY GERMAN GRU3SER.
(Received noon.) Pekin, Septeu
Advices from Tsiao report that a German cruiser sunk a Japanese tort>?do boat outside Kiao-Cbnu.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 31, 23 September 1914, Page 5
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