A non-philatelic publication by the author of numerous postal history handbooks Ted Proud. This is the story not only of the cruiser Emden in World War I, but of the Cocos landing party left behind by the Emden, their voyage across the Indian Ocean and their trek across Arabia; and of Captain Lauterbach who became a PoW in Singapore before escaping and eventually making his way back to Germany. [Non-philatelic]