Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-11-10 | Page 7 | Another Raid Ship Rendered Harmless

ANOTHER RAID SHIP RENDERED HARMlES Cruiser Koenigsberg Koenigsberg Koenigs Koenigs- berg Bottled Up in Mafia Harbor LO LONDON N Nov 10 1246 14 p. p m. m Tho m-Tho Tho German cruiser beo which dis dIe disabled disabled the tho tho British cruiser Pegasus some ome weeks ago liSO has been bottled up at nt Mafia Island on the coast COlst of or Gorman German Hast Africa ca a by the tho blocking of or the channel to the tho harbor Tho The also has preyed upon shipping since the Hie beginning of or orthe the war but her successes have In no way approached those of or the Em en She disabled die dis ls- ls the British h crul cruiser er Pegasus In Zanzibar Zanzibar Zanzibar Zan Zan- harbor on September 20 Tho The Pe- Pe sasus gastis was caught at a disadvantage as she was under undergoing hent repairs wenty 1 of oC her Imer crew v were killed und and eighty wounded wound wound- ed cd edThe Th The Koenigsberg IB ft a prot protected cruiser built In 1905 She Shea a was of tons 4 feet teet long Jong and had hat a speed of ot 3 3 knots Her main battery consisted of or ten Inch After Atter the whereabouts of or the tho Koenigsberg Koenigs- Koenigs berg r had been indicated b by the attack on the time Pegasus Septem September r I 19 1 a concentration concen concen- of fast Cast cruisers was arranged h by tho admiralty In East Kast African waters and anda a n thorough and anti prolonged search was made by these c vessels EIs This search In tho Koenigsberg b being ln discovered October 3 30 by ly If H. M. M S. S Chatham Capt Sidney R. R Drury Lowe In shoal water about sl six miles up the tho river opposite Mafia Island German East Enst Africa Owing to a greater draft the tho Chatham could not reach the thc Koenigsberg which probably Is aground except at 31 high water ot the crew of th the Koenigsberg ha has been landed and Is on the banks of or the the- rIvet Both these and th the Koenigsberg herself herselt have been bombarded b by tho the Chatham but owing to tho the dense lense palm SrO groves amid which the ship lies It is not possible to estimate tho the damage done Pending operations for tor her co capture cap cap- ture or destruction effective have havo been taken to block tho the Koenigsberg by sinking ln colliers comers in the only nAvIgable channel to the time river