FIRST SHOT IN GREAT WAR
SERBIAN CLAIMANT DEAD BELGRADE, Nov. 5. The claimant to have fired the first shot in the World War, Major Michael Milojkovich, has died. Major Milojkovich was a young officer patrolling the River Sova, near Belgrade, on the eve of the Austro-Hun-garian declaration of war, when he sighted an enemy patrol attempting to cross the river and opened fire on them.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 264, 7 November 1936, Page 9
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