BARGE BATTERIES IN THE ADRIATIC.
USED TO SILENCE FORTS IN SHALLOW WATER. HOW THE ITALIANS CAPTURED DUINO. (Received 10.20 a.m.) ROME. June 20. The Delta of the , Isonzo is impracticable to warships owing to the shallowness of the water. The naval gunners silenced the batteries at Duino, the port of Monfalcono. by means of floating batteries, similar to those used at Alexandria in 1882.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 146, 21 June 1915, Page 5
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64BARGE BATTERIES IN THE ADRIATIC. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 146, 21 June 1915, Page 5
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