Starting from early September, four Maurice Farman seaplanes on board the Wakamiya conducted reconnaissance and aerial bombing operations over Tsingtao.
However, the campaign was notable for the use of Japanese seaplanes from the Wakamiya. With the East Asia Squadron absent, the Imperial Japanese Navy mainly played a supporting role primarily by bombarding German and Austrian positions. Later on October 31, the Japanese together with a token British force then laid siege to the German colony. The 2nd fleet consisted mainly of older warships with the pre-dreadnought battleship Suwo being the flagship.
On 27 August 1914, the 2nd Fleet under Vice-Admiral Sadakichi Kato, was sent to blockade the German colony of Tsingtao on the Shandong peninsula. Main article: Siege of Tsingtao Maurice Farman seaplanes used during the siege of Tsingtao.
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