y, •: England's first shot in the Great "War v. 'followed hard upon thet declaration of hostilities; and stood to tho credit of iz -iha British Navy. Admiralty records that the first British shell was jjs fired from one of the guns of H-M.S. on August 5 th, at eleven o'clock sQjwJhs moraine, when the Lance, Landand Amphion sighted the Gen 2|ftine-layer Konigen Luise, and attacked her at noon. The gun is ||PsSWrwd in the Imperial War Museum.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18183, 20 September 1924, Page 13
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