FIRST SHOTS OF WAR
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Ex-N^val Man's Claim SINKING OF- TWO TRAWLERS
(By Telegraiih—
CHEISTOHURGH, Last Night. Who fired the first slxot in the Great : War? This was ihe question raised by .Mr, "p. Scott, xx ?eprose.qtative qf fhe Ex-Naval' MeuJs Assoeiation, in responding to a toast at the annual reunion of the Old Contemptibles 1 Assoeiation. Mr. Scatt surpriscd his listeners by claiming that he was serving with H.M.S'. Yanguar d when she "sank two ' crawler's six !clays before. 'the. declaration of war. -4I have five brothers who w©re with the 'Contemptibles' in 1914, and 1 lnyscif was in the' Navy," Mr. Seott explained. "We* put t6 sea 4xx "H.'M-S, Vanguard on July 28. On July *29 we fired' On and sank two trawlers; taking tho "erews aboard as prisoners 'of war. "'There was a lot of talk some time ago about wlio 'fired the firsV'shot in tho war,1-" he added. "It was On July 2U 'that' We sank these two trawlers, yet it was not until August 4 that war'was oflicially declared.,r 1 Questioned later, klr. Scotfe declined to tell where the -actiou tooli place of to what hafion the trawlers 'belongpd*.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 175, 11 August 1937, Page 4
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