VOLUNTEER, The following extract from a letter from one of the Shanghai confingebte; dated Colombo, November 16, is kindly.beint tasifor a grand sight to sce the thirty-eight transports and six escorts, inclading the now famous Sydney, ooming along in one line. As the har-hour was full of ships, only about twelve of the transports could come in. The Sydney wae accorded a great reception. In the afternoon Colombo ws veiningly inhabited by Austral only, These An" tralian are a fine lot of chaps, and we mixed up with them freely. Our company of 110 men look: d very small alongside the 38,000, made up of 20,000 Australians, 10,000 New Zealanders and 8,000 Tasmanians. There wers 15,000 horses on board, and each ship was a self contained "One of the sailors of the Sydaoy told mo that their's was the only best to pick up the 8.0.8. wirder signal, and it was o very faint on indeed. The signal was sent as the Emden was bombarding the Cocos Inlands Station. The Sydney came up to her, and very quickly disabled her, losing only three Killed and fifteen wounded.
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