Captain
Glossop was standing within a few feet of him at the time.
The replies from the Australian ship were fatal. The foremost funnel
of the _Emden_ crumpled and fell; her fire almost ceased, and then
she began to burn; the second funnel and the third fell also; there
was nothing left but to beach her, which Von Mueller did, just before
noon. While she lay there helpless the _Sydney_ shot more steel
into her, leaving her quite helpless, and then went off to chase
a merchant ship which had been sighted during the fighting and
which, when caught, proved to be the British ship _Buresk_, now
manned by Germans and doing duty as collier to the _Emden_. Returning
to the latter, Captain Glossop saw that she still flew the German
flag at her masthead. He signaled her, asking whether she would
surrender, but receiving no reply after waiting five minutes he
let her have a few more salvos. The German flag came down and the
white flag went up in its place. The _Jemchug_ had been avenged,
and the terribly costly career of the _Emden_ brought to an end.
Von Mueller was taken prisoner, and on account of his valor was
permitted to keep his sword. But the landing party, which had cut
the false cables, was still at large. The adventures of these three
officers and forty men form a separate story, which will be narrated
later.
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CHAPTER XXXVI
BATTLE OFF THE FALKLANDS
The defeat of the British squadron back in the first week of November
had sorely tried the patience of the British public, and the admiralty
felt the necessity of retrieving faith in the navy.
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