The German defenders of Tsingtao turned back an assault by a combined Japanese and British force on October 6, 1914. The city fell to the Japanese and British on November 7, 1914.
6. Oktober 1914. Beim ersten Sturm auf die Infanteriewerke von Tsingtau wurden die vereinigten Japaner und Engländer mit einem Verlust von 2500 Mann zurückgeschlagen.October 6, 1914. During the first attack on the infantry works of Tsingtao, the combined Japanese and English were repulsed with a loss of 2,500 men.Logo: NPG [?]
"At dawn [on November 7, 1914] Japanese and British were closing in, and were tensely awaiting the final assault. It was never made. Soon after seven o'clock a welcome sight relaxed the tension of the troops, torn, dirty, and weary, calling forth cheers from the British, and shouts of 'Banzai!' from the Japanese. The campaign was over: Tsing-tau had fallen. White flags were fluttering from the forts."
After a naval blockade that began on August 27, 1914, a Japanese army (with British support) began advancing on Tsingtao, Germany's Chinese colony, on September 18. The Allies drove the Germans from the strategic highpoint of Prince Heinrich Hill overlooking the city and its forts ten days later. The siege continued through October while the Japanese awaited heavy guns. The Allies made significant advances on November 6, taking 200 prisoners and seizing two German gun batteries and the fort defending the German right. They were preparing a final assault the morning of November 7 when the German garrison surrendered.
The Great Events of the Great War in Seven Volumes by Charles F. Horne, Vol. II, 1914, p. 398, copyright © 1920 by The National Alumnia, publisher: The National Alumni, publication date: 1920
Tsingtao, Japan, China, Asia, Pacific, German colony, colony, Meyer-Waldeck
