Penang ambush
| Penang Ambush | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Malayan Emergency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |  Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 8 killed 6 wounded Total: 14 casualties | 1 wounded | ||||||
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Malayan Emergency
- Cold War in Asia
- Communism in Malaysia
1948
- Sungai Siput
- Lau Yew
- Batang Kali
1950
- Labis
- Penang
- Bukit Kepong
- Semur River
- Briggs Plan/New village
1951
1954
- Termite
- Nassau
1956
- Pipeline
- Baling
involvement
- List of weapons
Category
Commons
The Penang ambush was an incident that took place during the Malayan Emergency. Communists ambushed Malayan and British police and killed eight of them, including a British police sergeant.[1]
References
- ^ "GUERILLAS LOSE 22 IN JUNGLE BATTLE". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 23 January 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
