 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chimwe chinhu chakaita kuti Britain ive nechivimbo chokuti haikundiki chikepe chehondo cheGermany, icho chakarwisa chiteshi chengarava chePenang muMalaya, chakanyudza chikepe chehondo cheRussia, chakarwisa Madras, uye chakafamba chisingadziviswi nechokumabvazuva kwemhenderekedzo yeBritish Ceylon. Kwakanga kwakadaro kuti, muSri Lanka kusvikira kuzuva rino, Emden ndiye munhu anotyisa uyo vanaamai vanotyisidzira vana vavo naye, uye shoko racho richiri kushandiswa kunongedzera kumunhu anonyanya kuvengwa. Vatyiswa, vakuru vakuru vekoroni vakasunga mumwe mukuru mukuru wemhuka dzomusango weBoer, H. H. Engelbrecht, pashure pokumupomera zvenhema kuti akanga apa nyama kuchikepe chacho. Chimwe chakatyamadza chimiro cheBritain chokusakundika chakanga chiri kukundwa kwavo muhondo yeGallipolimuna 1915. 