ON THE HIGH SEAS.
BRITISH IN THE BALTIC. IMPORTANCE OF THE BLOCKADE. LONDON, October 18. The "Daily Mail"_ Bays that "the Germans are realising in the Baltic the meaning of a real blockade.; Their navy is now boxed; up in .their ports behind nets, hawsers, and mines. The..
British achievements are, the. more remarkable because the submarines reaching the Baltic must pass thrpugh. a narrow shallow strait obstructed at its southern end by mines. Zeppelins are also constantly watching. Yet .the Navy is equal to the task of showing who commands the sea. As Germany depends upon Sweden for her iron ore for fine steel, our submarine action is affecting the output of munitions. '. . .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8274, 20 October 1915, Page 5
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114ON THE HIGH SEAS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8274, 20 October 1915, Page 5
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