World War 1 - Battles of Penang
Time: Wednesday Oct 28, 1914
Place: Penang island
Details: On 28 October, the German cruiser SMS Emden sank the Russian cruiser Zhemchug in the Battle of Penang. Japan seized Germany's Micronesian colonies and, after the Siege of Tsingtao, the German coaling port of Qingdao on the Chinese Shandong peninsula.
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