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Show EMDEN'S CREW I AGAIN ESCAPES Reaches Arabian Harbor and Attempts to Reach Turkey Overland Suffers Heavy Losses. Berlin. April 24. (Br wireless to London, 8 10 a. m.) The crew of the German "warship" Aysha, composed of men who escaped when the Emden was sunk by an Australian warship in the Indian ocean, November 10, have escaped again trom allied patrol ships and arrived at the Arabian harbor har-bor of Lldd on March 27 They covered cov-ered by sea the 300 miles from Ho-delda Ho-delda to Lldd After reaching the coast, the sailors sail-ors attempted to continue their journey jour-ney overland hut were attacked by Arabs supposedly at the instigation of the English. After three days stubborn fighting the attacks were re-puleed re-puleed and thev reached the road t Hodacbas. where the railway was open The adventurous Germans suffered suf-fered heavy losses The bold exploits of this remnant of the Emden's crew have constituted one of the roost dramatic episodes of the war The crew were members of a landing party which was on Cocoe Island when the battle occurred between be-tween the Australian cruiser Sydney and the Emdeu in which the German cruiser was sunk Under the leadership of Lieutenant von Muecke, the landing part commandeered com-mandeered the schooner Aysha and sailed away Sincp that time there have been man conflicting reports regarding their activities Manila heard that thev had captured a collier col-lier on which they had mounted two Maxim giins and had been makinc raids on French commerce The French minister of marine announced on December IS that the auxiliary cruiser Empress of Japan bad cap tured the collier with the men on board A Rerlfn dispatch on February 5 however, said the Aysha had roachpd Hodeida. Arabia, where the crew was gh en an enthusiastic reception by the Turkish porte The report referred to In the Berlin Ber-lin dispatch 'o London todaj n-, Lidd may be Jidda on the Red Sea coast of Arabia The ultimate destination Of the Germans is a matter of speculation, specula-tion, but apparently they are heading for Turkey. |