Todd war diary, 3 August 1914-29 February 1916 / Arthur Todd - Page 211
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[Page 211]
The season in Bermuda was at its height and all the big Hotels were filled with affluent Americans seeking to escape the trials of the new York winter.
Bermuda tho' but little south of New York is washed by the warm Gulf stream and even in midwinter we had warm sunny days with just sufficient nip to make one vigorous after the enervating heat down south of Jamaica.
The Leviathan had come North for the season and was firmly moored when the Sydney arrived having settled down for a two month stay. On the day after our arrival consternation spread through the fleet when it was learnt that a British ship the Appan had been captured by a German raider just a few miles to the Westward and with a prize crew aboard had been sent to Chesapeake bay.
The flag promptly cleared off at full speed about eighteen knots to try and find this audacious German which had [indecipherable] her belt of calms [doldrums] but of course