September 28:
The Italian ship SS Ascaro, which had encountered SMS Karlsruhe off the coast of Brazil on the 22nd, arrives at St. Vincent in the Cape Verde Islands. Her captain breaks neutrality and immediately reports his encounter. This is the first real news of the German cruiser in more than three weeks.
HMS Chatham arrives in Zanzibar. Captain Ingles of the Pegasus has used his sunken ship's guns to fortify the city. There has been no news of SMS Königsberg since the attack. There are many rumors flying about, most of them conflicting. Captain Drury-Lowe decides to proceed southward along the East African coast to see what he can find.
Aboard SMS Emden plans are made for another prisoner release. The troublemaking captain and engineer from Tymeric are released from their confinement and transferred to Gryfevale with the rest of the prisoners. To the surprise of the Emden's crew the English prisoners give them nine cheers - three for the captain, three for the officers and three for the crew. Once Gryfevale is out of sight Emden heads south-west for the Maldive Islands, far out in the Indian Ocean.
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