TURKISH SENTRIES
BRITISH WARSHIP FIRED ON. URGENT INVESTIGATION. (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, July 16. The Admiralty reports that a sailing boat belonging to H.M.S. Devonshire, containing three officers of that ship, was heavily fired on by Turkish sentries on the mainland opposite the Island of Samos at about 3 p.m. on Saturday. Surgeon-Lieut.-Dentist J. A. Robinson, R.N., was hit and lost overboard. His body has not yet been recovered. Lieut. T. A. K. Maunsell, R.N., received flesh wounds in the shoulder. H.M.S. Devonshire is at present on a visit to the Greek Island of Samos which’ adjoins the Turkish coast. The matter is being urgently investigated through the usual diplomatic channels. REGRET EXPRESSED THE TURKISH VERSION. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7.10 p.m.) Constantinople, July 16 The Turkish version of the shooting received by wireless is that a Customs officer saw three men after bathing return to a sailing boat. An officer signalled them to halt, but no notice was taken. Even when he fired a shot in warning over the boat it continued; therefore he fired at the occupants thinking they were smugglers. The Government expresses regret.
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Southland Times, Issue 22378, 18 July 1934, Page 7
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188TURKISH SENTRIES Southland Times, Issue 22378, 18 July 1934, Page 7
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