BRITISH PROTEST
THREE BOMBS DROPPED
CLOSE TO BATTLESHIP
ROYAL OAK
(British Official Wlreiess.l
(Received February 4, 10.45 a.m.) RUGBY, February 3.
A report has been received by the British Government that the British battleship Royal Oak, while off Europa Point yesterday morning, observed three monoplanes which flew over her and dropped three bomb 3 in her vicinity. It is assumed that they were Spanish Government machines and had mistaken the Royal Oak for the insurgent cruiser CanaI rias.
'■' The British Charge d'Affaires at Valencia has been instructed to make a protest to the Spanish Government and to request that steps be taken to avoid repetition of such an incident.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 13
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109BRITISH PROTEST Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 13
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