On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 33, 25 September 1914, Page 5

On the Sea

PREPARATIONS 3N JULY.

GERMANY DETERMINED UPOM ACTION LONG AGO. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.]

London, September 23

It transpires that the steamer Baden was acting as tender to the Dresden when the Holm wood sank her. She cleared from Cardiff with another Hani-Lurg-Amerika liner with coal on July 20. and proceeded to Las Pabjias. There she awaited the German cruisers, and the declaration of war. The vessels never under normal conditions carry coal, but were chartered a week before the 20th to act as tenders to German cruisers in the war on which Germany had determined before Aus- 1 tna' delivered her ultimatum to Ser-

H.M.S. PEGASUS IN EAST AFRI-

CAN WATERS.

Jjoiidon, September 23. A bluejacket of H.M.S. Pegasus say that the ship delivered a broadside at-Dares Salaam. In five minutes white flags Were flying everywhere. The, Germans blew up the'wireless station, and sank a gunboat across the mouth of the harbor. The Pegasus captured three German mailboats, in the port. The bluejacket adds that the Pegasus had been searching for the, Koenigsberg.

GERMAN CAPTURES/AT THE IS-

LANDS.

Sydney, September 24

The steamer Moresby bring ' news that the. Burns. Philip and Co's. steamer Induna is held by the Germans as a prize at Johiet, in the Marshall Island. The-captain and crew,, also Mr 'Hr.ajes, the company^, safe, hch>as pnnoK.Vo of fei The firm's othei island ster.mers" are safe. The Germans captured a Japanese steamer and trapped a number of other vessels at Island ports before any hut themselves were aware of the declaration of war. .

THE SUBMARINE AEI.

CERMAN FLEET IN THE PACIFIC NOT IDLE." (Received 10.30 a.m.) Rotterdam, September 24. The "Morning Post," Berlin,'in r«,% Marks on the loss of the Australian a.bmarine, says that evidently the German Fleet in the 'Pacific is not idle.

THE EMDEN AGAIN. *

MADRAS SHELLED WITHOUT . SERIOUS DAMAGE. (Received 9 a.m.) Calcutta, September 24. Rcuter states that the Emden shelled Madras, but no serious -damage was done.

Madras.—City, India, capital of the province of the same name, which occupies a considerable portion of the eastern and southern portion of tho Indian peninsula. It is very badly situated on a flat sandy shore, whore the surf runs with extreme violence, and where it is surrounded by Baitwater creeks or rivers, which prevent the introduction of a stream of fresh water into the town, which extends (including suburbs) along the coast for nine miles and has an average breadth of 3& miles. Near the centre is Fort St. George, a strong citadel, within the limits of which are comprised several public offices. The site of the city formed 'the first acquisition of the British in India, who, in 1639, obtained permission to erect a fort there. The French took possession of Madras in 1746, but it was restored to the British in 1749. It is the third city of India, the population being 518,660.