Future War attack on Fremantle Western Australia by the Japanese. Both navies with advanced vessels yet the ship The Forth causes damage to the Japanese fleet by lighting its oil reserves and exploding into the air and crashing into the fleet. A second episode appeared a month later regarding the attack of the Japanese on Sydney. Looking at other stories by Patrick Vaux it seems he made a career of this as there are other short stories in a similar vein. Due to time constraints I have not yet had a chance to closely read more of his stories to see if there are any strong SF modes in use. Interesting that in 1917 Vaux published a book about gadgets featuring details of the latest technology and inventions at the time.
