In the following twelve weeks "Emden" and Müller achieved a reputation for daring and chivalry unequaled by any other German ship or captain. Müller was highly scrupulous about trying to avoid inflicting non-combatant and civilian casualties. While taking fourteen prizes, the only merchant sailors killed by "Emden"s guns were five victims of a bombardment of Madras that targeted British oil tanks and a merchant ship, despite the care Müller had taken to establish lines of fire that would minimise the risk of hitting civilian areas of the city. "Emden" also sank the Russian cruiser "Zhemchug" and the French destroyer "Mousquet" during a raid on Penang in Malaya. Thirty-six French survivors from "Mousquet" were rescued by "Emden", and when three men died of their injuries they were buried at sea with full honours. The remaining Frenchmen were transferred to a British steamer, "Newburn", which had been stopped by the German ship, but not attacked, so as to enable them to be transported to Sabang, Sumatra, in the neutral Dutch East Indies.