16 December 1914: The Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool, & Whitby—the bombardment by the German High Seas Fleet of the English coastline, an unsuccessful German attempt to lure a manageable division of the British Grand Fleet into battle & an unsuccessful British attempt to ambush the German squadron before it could return to port; one hundred thirty-seven souls perished, all on shore in England.
Lest we forget.
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