 Complete the following phrase:  On 9 November 1914, the German light cruiser attacked the Allied radio and telegraph station at Direction Island in the Cocos Keeling Islands. The inhabitants of the island managed to transmit a distress signal, which was received by Sydney, only away. Sydney arrived within two hours, and was engaged by Emden. Sydney was the larger, faster and better armed of the two, and eventually overpowered Emden, with captain Karl von Müller running the ship aground on North Keeling Island at 11:15 am. At first, Emden refused to strike its colours and surrender; Sydney fired on the stationary Emden until it eventually struck its colours. The 