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Show FOUR MORE GFUTISH STEAMERS SUNK GERMAN WARSHIP KMDBN CON-TINUK8 CON-TINUK8 WORK OP DESTRUCTION DESTRUC-TION IN INDIAN OCstAN. The Offlolal News Bureau Announose That the German Cruiser His Sunk Four British Steamships Steam-ships and Collier. London. Tho admiralty announces that the Gorman cruiser Emdon, during dur-ing tho last few days, has oaptured and sunk in the Indian ocean the British steamers Tumoric, King Lud, Rlbsrla and Foyle and captured tho colllor Bursk. The crews ot tho above vessels were transferred to the steamer Oryfe-dale, Oryfe-dale, which also was captured but released re-leased In order to take tho crows to Colombo where thoy arrived Tuesday. A previous offlolal British statement state-ment dealing with the activities of the German cruiser Emdon Issued September Sep-tember 20, told of the capture of six British stsamers in the Vay ot Bengal, Ben-gal, and the sinking of flvo of them. The names ot the steamers wero given as the Indus, Loval, Kllllm, Diplomat, Dip-lomat, Frabber and Katlnga. After creating havoc among tho British shipping at Calcutta tho Em-Uen Em-Uen went to Rangoon. |