Penang ambush

Penang Ambush
	Part of Malayan Emergency
Date	22 January 1950
Location	Sungei Panap, Malaya
Result	Communist victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Malayan police	Malayan Communist Party
Commanders and leaders
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

"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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[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.