GERMAN WARSHIPS IN THE PACIFIC CAPTURED
DID NOT KNOW THAT WAR HAD BEEN DECLARED. SHOTS ACROSS THEIR BOWS THE FIRST NOTICE. OTTAWA, August «. The Admiralty has been informed by tbe authorities on the British Columbian coast that two German cruisers which were operating in the North Pacific, and were unaware that war conditions existed, attempted to pass the examining control. Shote were fired across their bows, whereupon both submitted to the regulations.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 187, 7 August 1914, Page 5
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