As the _Jemtchug_ sank the _Emden_ turned and left the harbour at full speed. Thirty miles out she fell in with the British steamer _Glenturret_, which had signalled to the shore for a pilot, who had just reached her in his launch. The _Emden_ had swung out her boats to take possession of the prize when a warship appeared on the horizon. The _Emden_ immediately recalled her boats and made off, as the warship appeared to be a large one. This, however, was only the effect of the early morning _mirage_.[141] At about 6,000 yards distance the newcomer was found to be the French destroyer _Mousquet_. The _Emden_ opened fire, and the _Mousquet_ replied, though, of course, the destroyer was quite outclassed by the cruiser. The first few shots from the _Emden_ hit the _Mousquet's_ engine-room, and apparently wrecked her. "Cease fire" was then ordered, to enable the French destroyer to surrender; but instead of doing so she showed fight once more. A few more shots from the _Emden_ were sufficient to sink her, bows first. About thirty-six of the crew were rescued. While this merciful work was going on, another destroyer was seen approaching from Penang; whereupon the _Emden_ steamed off at full speed for the Indian Ocean. The destroyer chased her for three hours; but a heavy rainstorm came on, and the _Emden_ escaped. There was a good deal of discontent in England when news arrived that the _Emden_ had sunk ship after ship, and had not been brought to account. The Admiralty explained that searching for the _Emden_ over vast expanses of ocean was no easy task, and that the many thousand islands of the East Indies afforded her plenty of hiding-places, and the straits between them numberless avenues of escape. To catch the raider was a matter of time, patience, and good luck. The Germans were highly delighted that their ship had proved such a will o' the wisp, and one of their papers contained a caricature showing the _Emden_ as a Jack-in-the-box that continually popped up to the annoyance of John Bull. It was inscribed, "_Emden_ über Alles," and underneath was the following rhyme:-- "When you think you have him tightly, He springs forth again so lightly." We are soon to hear how, by a stroke of good luck the _Emden_ was caught tightly and destroyed. [Footnote 136: Vol. II., p. 170.] [Footnote 137: She left, however, a legacy of trouble. The United States said, with justice, that the British Government was responsible, for the ship ought never to have been built by a neutral Power nor permitted to leave a neutral harbour. In the end, Britain had to pay the United States three millions of money as damages.] [Footnote 138: The wireless signal sent out by ships in distress, calling for immediate help.] [Footnote 139: Chief French settlement in India, 90 miles south-south-west of Madras.]