First Shots in Great War
H. R.
FRENCH. :
Sir,— The statement, made by somebody or other at a returned soldiers gathering in the south, that a Britis vessel on which he served started the Great War on its own before the end of July 1914 is too unbelievable to merit publication. , Admiral Roger Keyes returned to _ Harwich • either on August 5 or 6, which he dQes not make clear; after a ^ sweep towards the Heligoland Bight ^ which commenced at 3 a.m. on the 5tli. He states: "The Lance, -which fired the . first British shot in the war, was landing 22 German wounded. ' ' The Konigin Louise, a German mine- layer, had been 1 sunk. _ ( There are a number of books in the , library which will provide full detailsv ( Keyes 's book is the only one I have 4-*% of f l-» ra rnflmpnt — Vmir«
Hastings, Aug. 13/37,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 178, 14 August 1937, Page 6
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