German cruisers shell Scarborough and Hartlepool
1914 · Event
German battlecruisers appear out of the morning mist and shell three English seaside towns, killing 137 civilians — the first English blood spilled at home in the war. 'Remember Scarborough!' goes straight onto the recruiting posters.
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