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The first shot of World War I by the U.S. was fired in Puerto Rico on the 21st of March 1915, ordered by a Puerto Rican serving in the U.S. Army, Lieutenant Teofilo Marxuach. Lt. Marxuach was officer of the day at El Morro Castle, at the entrance to San Juan Bay. An armed supply ship for German submarines in the Atlantic, the Odenwald, tried to force its way out of the bay. Lieutenant Marxuach ordered his men to open fire from the walls of the fortress and forced the ship to return to port and be interned. http://www.houseofpuertorico.com/articles/PR-A_Commonwealth.htm
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∙ 13y agoThe first shots fired in both world wars was from Point Nepean gun batteries in Melbourne Australia. In World War 1 a unidentified German merchant ship tried to slip out of the harbour but was challenged and refused to respond, 1 shot was fired across her bow and she surrended and was impounded, a similar evnt occured at the start of WW2. Both of these guns are now on display at point nepean.
Actually, the Point Nepean shot in WWi was the first allied shot to be fired in the FAR EAST. The first allied shot of WW1 was fired by a Frenchman on 2 August. A larger exchange of fire was initiated by the Belgian army (an ally) defending the German crossing of the Meuse River between 10am and 1am on 4 August.
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∙ 12y agoThe last fighting of the first world war took place at Mons on November 11th 1918. A Canadian soldier named James Price is generally regarded as the last casualty of the war, having been killed minutes before the armistice took effect.
Even though the above was the last shot before armistice, the fighting carried on, as it took time to get the info to all the units. It is thought that Nov 13th was when the last shot was fired.
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∙ 10y agoThere is no way to determine that fact.
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Was the 975 field artillery the first to put an artillery round across the Rhine river?
I've heard that claim and I served as a lieutenant in that battalion. Best, Capt. (Ret.) Edward E. Menges
Where was the shot round the world fired?
Lexington, Massachusetts.
Where was the heard 'round the world fired?
Lexington, Massachusetts.
Where was theshot heard 'round world fired?
Concord Massachusetts
Location of the shot heard around the world?
The "shot heard round the world" was fired at Lexington.
Where were the 1st shots fired that started the American Revolution?
The first shots fired in the American Revolution, often referred to as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World," were fired at Lexington, Massachusetts.
What describes the meaning of the phrase the shot heard round the world?
The Battle at Lexington and Concord. Whoever fired first at Lexington was called the shot heard round the world.
In what war was the 'shot heard round the world fired?
The American Revolutionary War. (Battle of Lexington)
The shot hear round the world was fired from the north bridge of which city?
Concord, Massachusetts
Where was the first shot fired in the American revolution war?
Nobody knows for sure. A shot was fired, and troops on both sides fell to.
Where was the the shot'round the world fired?
The socalled "shot heard 'round the world" was a confrontation in 1775 between British troops & American colonists at Lexington Massachusetts.
Who shot the shot known as the shot heard round the world?
No one knows who fired the first shot that afternoon in Concord.
