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could not ensure Queen Wilhelmina's safety if she toured there. 130 Wilhelmina took little
note of the wamings and visited anyway, notably taking time out to visit one of her subjects
injured by artillery shrapnel. l3l
Map 14: Sites of accidental bomb drops by foreign aircraft
Some of the places were targetted more than once between 1914 and 1918.
Beached mines and those floating in Dutch territorial waters also proved lethal.
The first mines washed up on beaches in September 1914. 132 More than 6,000 others
followed in the course of the war. 133 Nine naval personnel lost their lives when the mine
they were attempting to defuse exploded in the small town of West Kapelle, on 16
November 1914. 134 The minelayer Triton and minesweeper Zeemeeuw would also fall
victim to foreign mines. 135 It was easier for the Dutch to receive compensation from the
130 Commander-in-Chief to the cabinet, 10 October 1917, in ARA, "Archieven van de Generale Staf' entry no.
2.13.70, inventory no. 4.
131 Wilhelmina, Eenzaam maar niet aileen. [Lonely, but not alone] Amsterdam: Uitgeverij W. ten Have, 1959, p.
169.
132 "Overzicht van de voornaamste gebeurtenissen in Nederland vanaf 30 Juli 1914. dl I" in SMG/DC, "Handschrift
nr. 135 (11 delen)' , 143.
133 Bles, "De Koninklijke Marine mobiliseert" p. 78.
134 For details see: "EXTRACT uit het rapport van Hms. 'Triton' dd. 16 November 1914" [Extract from the report of
HMS Triton dated 16 November 1914] in ARA, "Archieven van de Generale Staf' entry no. 2.13.70, inventory no.
39; A. Uithol, "Zij, die vielen ... " [They who fell ... ] in Neeve et. al. (eds.), Nationale Bond "Het Mobilisatiekruis"
pp. 188 -189; Album no. 7 in LMD, "Plakboeken 1914/18 No.1 tm 10" [Scrapbooks 1914/18 no. 1 to 10] reference
no. QI93-40, p. 17.
135 Moeyes, Buiten Schot p. 185.