THE SIGNALLING INCIDENT.
ALLOWED TO DROP
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(Received Nov. 27, 10.5 p.m.) n ' . LONDON, Nov. 26. j.nc Adiniralsjßeresford and Scott signailing incident lias been allowed to drop. [After a fortnight’s hard manoeuvring in very trying weather, the Channel fleet returned to Portland to meet the Kaiser. Lord Bcresford, by the Admiralty’s orders, signalled to the fleet to paint slup, whereupon Rear-Admiral Scott, commanding the first cruiser squadron, signalled to the captain of the Roxburgh, who had gone on firing for gun practice: ‘1 aint work appears in greater demand than gunnery, so you had better come in in time to look pretty by the Sth.” Lord Bcresford thcreupon signalled to the fleet that Rear-. Admiral Scott’s signal was contemptuous in tone and insubordinate, and must be expunged from the signals: of Rear-Admiral Scott’s flagship. Scott was directed to report by signals when the orders were obeyed. 'Phe incident caused much regret.}
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2048, 27 November 1907, Page 2
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153THE SIGNALLING INCIDENT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2048, 27 November 1907, Page 2
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