Show EMDEN BEGAN AT FIRST SIGHT OF SYDNEY I Captain and Crew Deserted Landing Party Still Stilla a at t Large SYDNEY N N. S S. S W. W via yia London Nov 12 2 a a. a m. m m The The naval board here bere has bas received details of the tho 11 fight ht in which the German cruiser cr Emden was put out of commission The Tho Emden arrived arrived ar nr rived at Cocos island and aud sent armed I launches towing taverns two ho boats ashore I Forty men with ith three officers t and nd four 1 I I maxims were landed in fifteen minutes i I and the lan landing party I smashed the wire wire- I I I less Jess instruments and nd the tho engines of ot the I j plant I In tho the meantime the Australian cruiser Sydney was sighted on the tho horizon horizon hori hori- I zon and the tho Emden immediately put putout putout putout out to sea leaving lea th landing party j I both boats and men behind The he Em Em- Emden m I f den started the firing her practice at t first bein being excellent out out but afterwards it fell off Bho ho bo lost two funnels and took fire tire at M the st stern rn within an hour while the tho Sydney Sydne was scarcely touched The Tho ia is now Ashore thore north of Keeling i island and burning Tho The captain of ot the tho j Sydney says aJ's he found only thirty men menI menon on her I I f The landing part party in having commandeered commandeers comman cornman I J deers d two months months' supplies left on an onI ani I I schooners blon belonging in to the owner of I the tho island They are still at lar large e. e I It appears that tho the presence of the i Emden was 88 made known to the 8 Sydney dD I b by wireless from tho the Eastern Cable I company's staff taft on Co Cocos os island I I |