Английская Википедия:Bombardment of Madras

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Infobox military conflict Шаблон:Campaignbox Asian and Pacific Campaign Шаблон:Campaignbox Command of the Oceans 1914-1915 The bombardment of Madras was an engagement of the First World War, at Madras (now Chennai), British India. The bombardment was initiated by the German light cruiser Emden at the outset of the war in 1914.

With Captain Karl von Müller in command, on the night of 22 September 1914, SMS Emden quietly approached the city of Madras on the southeastern coast of the Indian peninsula. As he later wrote, "I had this shelling in view simply as a demonstration to arouse interest among the Indian population, to disturb English commerce, to diminish English prestige." After entering the Madras harbour area, Müller illuminated six large oil tanks belonging to the Burmah Oil Company with his searchlights, then fired at a range of 3,000 yards. After ten minutes of firing, Emden had hit five of the tanks and destroyed 346,000 gallons of fuel, and the cruiser then successfully retreated.Шаблон:Sfn

Soon the word Emden entered the Tamil dictionary and was used to describe someone powerful, frightening and with a wicked intent.

Файл:Emden Plaque Madras.jpg

Emden Plaque Madras

References and external links

• Шаблон:Cite book
• The Last Corsair: The Story of The Emden by Dan van der Vat, 1984. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Last Gentleman of War. The Raider Exploits of the Cruiser Emden by R. K. Lochner, Naval Institute Press:. 1988. Шаблон:ISBN
• The Last Cruise of the Emden: The Amazing True WWI Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew by Edwin Palmer Hoyt, Globe Pequot Press, 2001 Шаблон:ISBN
• Шаблон:Cite book
• Karl Friedrich Max von Müller: Captain of the Emden During World War I by John M. Taylor
• New York Times: "German Cruiser Emden Destroyed", November 11, 1914 a PDF of NYTШаблон:'s report on EmdenШаблон:'s sinking along with some praise for its captain.
• New York Times: "Captain of Emden Killed?", a PDF of a NYT article dated April 13, 1921
• Шаблон:Cite magazine
• Cruisers EMDEN, Frigates EMDEN - 5 warships named EMDEN until today Шаблон:In lang
• World War I Naval Combat
• Karl Friedrich Max von Müller: Captain of the Emden During World War I
• How German cruiser ‘Emden’ struck terror in the heart of the British Empire, and became a Tamil word. The Hindu. February 23, 2020.

Further reading

• Frame, Tom. (2004). No Pleasure Cruise: The Story of the Royal Australian Navy. Sydney: Allen & Unwin Шаблон:ISBN (paper)
• Hoehling, A. A. Lonely Command a Documentary Thomas Yoseloff, Inc., 1957.
• Hoyt, Edwin P. The Last Cruise of the Emden: The Amazing True World War I Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew. The Lyons Press, 2001. Шаблон:ISBN.
• Hohenzollern, Franz Joseph, Prince of Emden: My Experiences in S.M.S. Emden. New York: G. Howard Watt, 1928.
• Lochner, R. K. Last Gentleman-Of-War: Raider Exploits of the Cruiser Emden Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Шаблон:ISBN.
• McClement, Fred. Guns in paradise. Paper Jacks, 1979. Шаблон:ISBN.
• Mücke, Hellmuth von. The Emden-Ayesha Adventure: German Raiders in the South Seas and Beyond, 1914. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2000. Шаблон:ISBN.
• Schmalenbach, Paul German Raiders: A History of Auxiliary Cruisers of the German Navy, 1895-1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1979. Шаблон:ISBN.
• Van der Vat, Dan. Gentlemen of War: The Amazing Story of Captain Karl von Müller and the SMS Emden. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1984. Шаблон:ISBN
• Walter, John The Kaiser's Pirates: German Surface Raiders in World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1994. Шаблон:ISBN.