We had a beautiful day for the battle, calm and bright, and it was very difficult to restrain oneself and the staff from cheering the _hits. The Sydney had boys aboard, I believe thirty, who did splendidly and are the pride of the ship. One poor little chap was killed and another wounded. It was a remarkable incident that of the first shots fired by the Emden, a shell fell in either of the Sydney's controls, almost simultaneously. She had run in a little too close but speedily recti fied her error. It was hard to believe that she was the ship that made such a terrible mess of the Emden, I believe she was hit six times but with the exception of a dint in her 2.5 inch belt, not deep=r than the palm of one's hand, and the yellow streaks of the melinite fumes I saw no other damage. I suppose we were putting out our call for a quarter of an hour, first yGoogl
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