Assertion: british cruiser | /r/CapableOf | engage german pocket battleship
Facets:
value: in december
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In December 1939, three British cruisers engaged the German "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee (which was on a commerce raiding mission) in the Battle of the River Plate; Admiral Graf Spee then took refuge in neutral Montevideo, Uruguay.