The upper photo, is in a measure reminiscent of the departure of our own contingents „ South Africa Out m the Bay of N.plw 3 -ready to sail with a detachment of troops. Maty of the men's friends, not satisfied with farewelltng them at he land ng■sg. o the inner barton * ( had conveyed .them to the troopship in the bay. have come out in launches and row boats to see the last of hose bout J for M**™ • ** ° »- J\ severity of the fighting round Tripoli may be accepted, many of the men who line the sides of transport No, . an. id. yantagi points ~_..,. found a "rave in Africa, for it was to the town of Tripoli that the vessel was bu.uid. The lower photograph, while perhaps not so clear, conveys some impression of the damage wrought by a severe bombard •,.,,■ The obsolete grins of this fort, on the outskirts of Tripoli, were unable to hurt the modern Italian warships out in the. bay. and therefore lh' I ;^r *^™ro Tho „ equal to that attained at target practice. The demolished fort was evidently originally dug out of the.red sand U,„e ■ onimo tot J1-10"- – emplacements were of concrete, and a large portion of the inside had been lined with his materia Ihe gun a tl. c op and >X he 1. .to «h ,o o Ithas been dismantled, while one on the right has been completely covered in broken sandstone. On the floor o the fort s a liOWlUr IB I «-«-££ • escaped destruction while round about are strewn unexploded shells, which are no without suggestion that the have ,**n at least partly gather* P about the deserted fort to make the work of the photographer more impressive, if less true to fact.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 287, 2 December 1911, Page 13

The upper photo, is in a measure reminiscent of the departure of our own contingents „ South Africa Out m the Bay of N.plw 3 -ready to sail with a detachment of troops. Maty of the men's friends, not satisfied with farewelltng them at he land ng■ sg. o the inner barton * ( had conveyed .them to the troopship in the bay. have come out in launches and row boats to see the last of hose bout J for M**™ • ** ° »- J \ severity of the fighting round Tripoli may be accepted, many of the men who line the sides of transport No, . an. id. yantagi points ~_..,. found a "rave in Africa, for it was to the town of Tripoli that the vessel was bu.uid. The lower photograph, while perhaps not so clear, conveys some impression of the damage wrought by a severe bombard •,.,,■ The obsolete grins of this fort, on the outskirts of Tripoli, were unable to hurt the modern Italian warships out in the. bay. and therefore lh ' I ;^ r *^™ r o Tho „ equal to that attained at target practice. The demolished fort was evidently originally dug out of the.red sand U,„e ■ onimo tot J 1 - 10 "- - emplacements were of concrete, and a large portion of the inside had been lined with his materia Ihe gun a tl. c op and >X he 1. .to «h ,o o Ithas been dismantled, while one on the right has been completely covered in broken sandstone. On the floor o the fort s a liOWlUr IB I «-«-££ • escaped destruction while round about are strewn unexploded shells, which are no without suggestion that the have ,**n at least partly gather* P about the deserted fort to make the work of the photographer more impressive, if less true to fact.