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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. After entering the Madras harbor area and observing for a moment, Müller gave the order to engage at 9:30 pm, Emden opened fire at 3000 yards on the several large oil tanks within the harbor which belonged to the Burmah Oil Company. Madras was the only Indian city to come under attack by forces of the Central Powers during World War I.

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  • Bombardment of Madras
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  • 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. After entering the Madras harbor area and observing for a moment, Müller gave the order to engage at 9:30 pm, Emden opened fire at 3000 yards on the several large oil tanks within the harbor which belonged to the Burmah Oil Company. Madras was the only Indian city to come under attack by forces of the Central Powers during World War I.
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Date
  • 1914-09-22(xsd:date)
Commander
  • unknown
  • Karl von Müller
Caption
  • Oil tanks on fire in the harbor following the bombardment of Madras by SMS Emden.
Casualties
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 5(xsd:integer)
  • 26(xsd:integer)
  • none
Result
  • German victory, German raid on oil tanks completed.
combatant
  • British Empire *
Place
  • Madras, Madras Presidency, India
Conflict
  • Bombardment of Madras
abstract
  • 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. After entering the Madras harbor area and observing for a moment, Müller gave the order to engage at 9:30 pm, Emden opened fire at 3000 yards on the several large oil tanks within the harbor which belonged to the Burmah Oil Company. Within the first 30 rounds, the oil tanks were in flames. After bombing the fuel tanks Emden moved onto a small merchant ship in harbor. The craft was quickly sunk by Emden's deck guns. The worst casualties experienced that night were from the merchant vessel, 26 of whose crew were injured. At least 5 of the sailors were killed on scene or died later of injuries. The action lasted half an hour, until 10:00 pm, by which time the British shore batteries had begun to respond. However, Emden slipped away unscathed. In all, 125 shells were fired by the Germans. Although the raid did little damage, it was a severe blow to British morale and thousands of people fled the city. Madras was the only Indian city to come under attack by forces of the Central Powers during World War I.
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