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Penang ambush

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Penang Ambush
Part of Malayan Emergency
Date22 January 1950
Location
Result Communist victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom

Malayan Communist Party

Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Unknown Unknown
Strength
unknown unknown
Casualties and losses
8 killed
6 wounded
Total:
14 casualties
1 wounded

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

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  1. ^ "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.
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