If space permitted, a good deal more might be written about the cruiser operations in the Atlantic, but we have now to turn our attention to the Indian Ocean. The first incident to be noticed is an adverse one to the British. The _Pegasus_, a small cruiser dating from 1899, after having in conjunction with the _Astrea_ destroyed the German wireless station at Dar-es-Salem, and sunk the gunboat _Möwe_ and a floating-dock, was caught while overhauling her machinery in the harbour of Zanzibar by the German light cruiser _Königsberg_, a much newer vessel. The _Königsberg_ approached at full speed at five o'clock on Sunday morning, 20th September, and, having sunk the British patrol boat by three shots, opened fire on the _Pegasus_ from 5 miles distance, closing to 7000 yards. The _Pegasus_, being at anchor, presented an easy target, and the German fire was so well directed that in a quarter of an hour the only guns she could bring to bear were put out of action. After an interval the German re-opened fire for another fifteen minutes, after which she stood out to sea. The British crew, caught under such disadvantageous circumstances, showed true heroism, though, as may be supposed, they suffered very severely. The ensign was twice shot away, but afterwards held up proudly by hand by two men of the detachment of Royal Marines, who stationed themselves in the most conspicuous place they could find. One was killed by a shell and his place was at once taken by another comrade. The _Pegasus_ was holed badly on the water-line, her fires had to be put out, and she was run aground in shallow water but subsequently driven by wind and tide into deeper water, where she sank. It was at about this time that the German light cruiser _Emden_ began to gain notoriety. She had belonged to the German squadron in China, but had slipped away south, and now began to sink one after another of our merchantmen in the Indian Ocean. This was in contravention of international law, but as, generally speaking, her commander, Captain Müller, saved their crews, and showed both dash and humanity, the British public were more or less inclined to look with a lenient eye on his semi-piratical proceedings. He fired a few shots at Madras and destroyed an oil-tank, and at Singapore torpedoed the _Jemtchug_, a Russian gunboat, and the _Mousquet_, a French destroyer. The _Emden_ was enabled to approach unsuspected on account of having rigged up an extra funnel and hoisted Japanese colours. However, her day was yet to come.