First victory

First victory

by Carlton, Michael

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HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider, Emden. In the opening months of the First World War, Emden's trail of destruction was tremendous. This one small ship and her skilled and gallant captain wrought havoc on the maritime trade of the British Empire, capturing and sinking ships at will. Australia, sending wool, wheat and gold across the Indian Ocean to sustain the Mother Country and despatching tens of thousands of young men to join the fight, had a vital interest in bringing Emden to her e…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :First victory / Mike Carlton.

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HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider, Emden. In the opening months of the First World War, Emden's trail of destruction was tremendous. This one small ship and her skilled and gallant captain wrought havoc on the maritime trade of the British Empire, capturing and sinking ships at will. Australia, sending wool, wheat and gold across the Indian Ocean to sustain the Mother Country and despatching tens of thousands of young men to join the fight, had a vital interest in bringing Emden to her end. The battle, when it came, was short and bloody, an emphatic first victory at sea for the newborn Royal Australian Navy. It remains to this day a celebrated epic of naval warfare. In the century since, many writers have been there before Mike Carlton. Most were German, some of them survivors of the battle, others later historians, and they have generally told the story well. British accounts vary in quality, from good to nonsense, and there have been some patchwork American attempts as well. Curiously, there has been very little written from an Australian point of view. This book is - in part - an attempt to remedy that, with new facts and perspectives brought into the light of day.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Random House Australia
  • Place of Publication:North Sydney, N.S.W
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

  • Description:pages

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781742757643, 1742757642
  • oclc:ocn881281099
  • Dewey Decimal:940.45994

Subjects

Allemagne -- Histoire navale Australia Australia -- History, Naval Australie -- Histoire navale Cocos (Keeling) Islands Emden (Cruiser) Germany Germany -- History, Naval Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Campagnes… Indian Ocean Military campaigns Military operations, Naval -- German Naval battles Naval battles -- Cocos (Keeling) Islands Naval history Sydney (Cruiser : 1913-1929) World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- In… World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operation… World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operation…

Writers

Carlton, Michael

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