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1914-11-10Basra (1914)

The battle resulted in the British capture of Basra

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1914-11-09Cocos

The German light cruiser attacked the British cable station on Direction Island and was engaged several hours later by the Australian light cruiser

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1914-11-03Raid on Yarmouth

Little damage was done to the town since shells only landed on the beach after German ships laying mines offshore were interrupted by British destroyers

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1914-11-03Kilimanjaro

The British conquest of German East Africa was planned as a two-pronged invasion of the German colony, at (1) the port town of Tanga and (2) the settlement Longido on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro

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1914-11-031914-11-05Tanga

It was the first major event of the war in Africa and saw the British defeated by a significantly smaller force of German Askaris and colonial volunteers

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1914-11-01Coronel

German forces led by Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee met and defeated a Royal Navy squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock

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1914-10-311914-11-07Siege of Tsingtao

It took place between 31 October and 7 November 1914 and was fought by Imperial Japan and the United Kingdom against Germany

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1914-10-29Odessa (1914)

At the time of battle the Ottoman Navy had just launched a major raid into the Black Sea to destroy the Russian Black Sea Fleet and to attack targets on land

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1914-10-28Penang

At the time, Penang was part of the Straits Settlement, a British Crown Colony

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1914-10-191914-10-22First Ypres

The German and Western Allied attempts to secure the town from enemy occupation included a series of further battles in and around the West Flanders Belgian municipality

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