August 11
SMS Karlsruhe arrives at Curaçao and manages to purchase 1100 tons of high-quality coal.
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Originally Posted by TarJak
11 August 1914
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), and the Australia Squadron, under VADM Sir George Patey, RN, arrived in St Georges Channel, near Rabaul, on a search for ADML von Spee’s forces.
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August 12
SMS
Emden rendesvous with Spee's squadron at Pagan Island, in the Marianas.