30 August
VADM Sir George Patey, RN, in HMAS AUSTRALIA, arrived of Samoa, and the official surrender of German Samoa took place. The squadron comprised AUSTRALIA, HMA Ships MELBOURNE, and PSYCHE , and HM Ships PYRAMUS and PHILOMEL.
RAN and RN officers arrive on Samoa carrying the demand for surrender.
The raising of the Union flag at Government Building in Apia.
On board SMS EMDEN, as was usual for a Sunday, church services were held on deck. Later that evening, heavy radoi traffic between allied warships was picked up. The vessel transmitting the most, was passing on orders for others to follow and signed off QMD. Muller assumed that it was the British armoured cruiser HAMPSHIRE. War bulletings from the Siamese station at Singora and the Dutch coastal station could be heard almost nightly. Some of the news from neutral Siam was cause for joy. Due to rapid advances by the Germans, the French government had to relocate to Bordeaux. The army was making progress. When would the EMDEN get their chance?