SINKING OF TRAWLERS
STORY OF JULY 29, 1914. FIRING THE FIRST SHOT. Per. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 11. AVbo fired the first shot in the Great AVar? This was the question raised by Air G. Scott, a representative of the Ex-Naval Alen’s Association, in responding to a toast at the annual reunion of the Old Contemptibles’ Association. Air Scott surprised his listeners by claiming that he was serving with IT.M.S. when she sank'.'two trawlers six days before the declaration of war. “I have five brothers who were with the ‘Contemptibles’ in 1914, and I myself was in the Navy,” Air Scott
explained. “AYe put to sea in H.AI.S. Vanguard on July 28. On July 29 we fired on and sank two trawlers, taking the crews aboard as prisoners of war. “There was a lot of talk some time ago about who fired the first shot in the war,” he added. “It was on July 29 that we sank these two trawlers, yet it was not until August 4 that war was officially declared.” Questioned later, Air Scott declined to tell where the action took place or to what nation the trawlers belonged.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 216, 12 August 1937, Page 11
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