The ' Emden,' which may be described as a German
Alabama,' has added to her exploits in the matter of capturing and destroying British ships in the Bay of Bengal (six were destroyed and the crews sent ashore in the seventh) by a spirited raid on Madras. She arrived off the town on Tuesday night and fired a number of shells, her object being the destruction of the oil-tanks. In this, however, she was only partially successful, and the general damage done was quite unimportant. Unless we are greatly mistaken, hers will be a case of a short life and a merry one. Finally, Friday's papers give the interesting announcement that a small British force under Brigadier-General Barnardiston, who commands the British forces in North China, landed in the neighbourhood of Laoshan Bay on the 23rd " so as to participate in the movements against the Germans at Tsingtau."
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