Publisher's Synopsis
In August 1914, as the world plunged into war, two fleets of German cruisers lay beyond the North Sea. For the next eight months they were to pose a serious threat to Allied merchant shipping and British naval superiority across the globe. Isolated and with little hope of reinforcement or resupply, the German commanders faced severe challenges. Admiral Souchon made a dash across the Mediterranean with superior French and British fleets in pursuit. On the other side of the world, while German colonies were falling around him, Vice Admiral von Spee attacked British lines in an effort to get his men home. Captain Karl von Mller, like an old-fashioned corsair, led SMS Emden on a daring campaign of commerce raiding, as did Captain Kohler of the Karlsruhe.
