Todd war diary, 3 August 1914-29 February 1916 / Arthur Todd - Page 318
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that the owners had a sister ship building at the time of the destruction of the original Buresk, and had given her the same name. But it was a coincidence that this ship on her maiden voyage should coal the Sydney first.
A few days out from the Abrolhos we were joined by the Glasgow, Captain Luce C.B., a ship which shared with the Sydney and the Melbourne the honour of having steamed the greatest distance since war began. At that period her record was nearing 80,000 miles. The Glasgow is one of the earlier type of town-class cruisers of which the Sydney is a later model. She mounts two six-inch and ten four-inch guns, and does 25 knots. She was a handy and pretty little craft. In a way she had seen more active service than any other ship afloat, having been present at Coronel - for a short time - at the Falkland Islands battle, and later at Juan Fernandez where the Dresden was destroyed. We were proud to be in her company and looked forward to the chance of meeting her officers. The Glasgow had done an extensive refit in Rio, as she had been badly battered at Coronel and had been hit subsequently at the Falklands; but now she showed little trace of her close call. By all the rules she should have been at the bottom of the Pacific with her flagship and the gallant Monmouth, but the Monmouth's skipper had ordered the Glasgow to get away, and her 25,000 horse power had preserved her "to fight another day" and wreak vengeance on her former foes.
So in company we proceeded north, and now began to