The Battle of Penang (Russian: Бой у Пенанга; French: Combat de Penang; German: Schlacht von Penang) was a surprise naval engagement by the Imperial German Navy's East Asia Squadron during the First World War that took place on 28 October 1914. The battle involved the German cruiser SMS Emden in the Penang Strait, which sank two Allied warships as part of its commerce raiding operations throughout the Indian Ocean. During the battle, a total of 135 French and Russian sailors were killed and 157 others were wounded, while the Germans sustained no casualties. It was the only battle of the war fought in British Malaya.
The BattleofPenang (Russian: Бой у Пенанга; French: Combat de Penang; German: Schlacht von Penang) was a surprise naval engagement by the Imperial German...
Penang (Malay: Pulau Pinang, [pi.naŋ]) is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has...
The State ofPenang, one of the most developed and urbanised Malaysian states, is located at the nation's northwest coast along the Malacca Strait. Unlike...
The Penang Strait is an 11 kilometre-wide strait that separates Penang Island from mainland Malay Peninsula. Penang Island is to the west of the channel...
War I by the German light cruiser Emden in the BattleofPenang in 1914. Zhemchug was ordered as part of the Imperial Russian Navy's plan to expand the...
and the Russian cruiser Zhemchug off the coast of George Town, in what became known as the BattleofPenang. The Second World War however consumed the country...
The Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps (Abbr.: P&PWVC), also known as Penang Volunteer Corps and Penang Volunteer Rifle was a militia unit in...
garrison in Malaya to lay down their arms was in Penang on 2 September 1945 aboard HMS Nelson. The concept of a unified East Asia took form based on an Imperial...
also had mastery of the skies, leaving the Allied ground troops and civilian population exposed to air attack. The Malayan island ofPenang was bombed daily...
Battleof the Malacca Strait, sometimes called the Sinking of Haguro, and in Japanese sources as the Battle off Penang (ペナン沖海戦), was a naval battle that...
Penang History of Kedah Kedah Sultanate Action of 10 September 1782 BattleofPenang Action of 13 November 1943 Action of 11 January 1944 Action of 14...
Malaya. It comprised eleven states – nine Malay states and two of the Straits Settlements, Penang and Malacca. It was established on 1 February 1948. Initially...
the German cruiser SMS Emden on 28 October 1914 during the BattleofPenang. The outbreak of war in the Pacific in December 1941 found the British in Malaya...
Kesatuan Malaya; Jawi: كساتوان مالايا) was a union of the Malay states and the Straits Settlements ofPenang and Malacca. It was the successor to British Malaya...
off the eastern coast ofPenang Island in the Malaysian state ofPenang. It is also a short ferry ride from Bayan Lepas, a suburb of George Town. It was...
hand over Penang to the British. In 1786, Light negotiated with the new sultan of Kedah, Abdullah Mukarram Shah, over the cession ofPenang to the BEIC...
ship won the BattleofPenang, in which the Germans sank a Russian cruiser and a French destroyer. Emden also harried merchant vessels of the Allies and...
the 1815 Battleof Waterloo and the Congress of Vienna, independent Dutch control was restored in 1816 on the basis of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814. The...
rule. While the majority of the personnel were from Singapore, some lived in other parts of the Settlements, including Penang, Province Wellesley, Malacca...
previous relationship. Jho Low is a Malaysian businessman and financier from Penang. Despite not having a formal position at 1MDB, Low supported its establishment...
year 1136 AD) and then fell under the sway of Malacca, then later under Ayutthaya. After trading away Penang in 1786, Kedah was embroiled in an invasion...
lost control of Kelantan (to PAS) and Perak, and the opposition Gerakan won control of the state government in Penang. On the night of 11 and 12 May...
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