e/Bombardment of Papeete

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has glosseng: The Bombardment of Papeete in French Polynesia by German warships took place on 22 September 1914, during the First World War. The German armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau entered the port of Papeete on the island of Tahiti and sank the French gunboat Zélée and freighter Walkure before bombarding the town's fortifications. French land batteries and a gunboat resisted the German intrusion, but were greatly outgunned by their foes. The main German objective was to seize the coal piles stored on the island, but these were destroyed by the French at the start of the action.
lexicalizationeng: Bombardment of Papeete
instance of(noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
conflict, fight, battle, engagement
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has glossfra: La bataille de Papeete en Polynésie française est provoquée par larrivée des navires de guerre allemands le . Les croiseurs allemands Scharnhorst et Gneisenau sont entrés dans le port de Papeete, bombardent et coulent la canonnière française Zélée et endommagent les fortifications de la ville. Les batteries côtières françaises répliquent aux tirs allemands, mais pratiquement aucun dommage nest occasionné aux deux croiseurs et les Allemands quittent Papeete indemnes.
lexicalizationfra: Bataille de Papeete
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geo locgeographic location -17.533333333333335 -149.56666666666666
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media:imgPapeeteDestroyed.jpg
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media:imgWalkureSunk.jpg

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