"MINES WERE LAID"

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 106, 6 May 1943, Page 5

"MINES WERE LAID"

Bomber Command Effort In German Waters HINDER ENEMY IN RUSSIA British Official Wireless Rec. 12.30 p.m. RUGBY, May 5. Behind the phrase, "Mines were laid in enemy waters," lies a story of a very important part of the Bomber Command effort. The recent extensive mine laying in German coastal waters, including the Baltic, is of particular importance in view of the approaching summer campaign in Russia. The mines not only interfere with supplies to the enemy forces in the northern sectors of the front, but also interfere with the transport of raw material across the Baltic. In addition, the Baltic is the main training ground for enemy submarines and surface vessels. The enemy has large numbers of minesweepers there, but is occasionally caught by mine-laying sorties.

N.Z. DEFENCE MINISTER

FROM BRITAIN TO EGYPT Rec. 11 a.m. CAIRO, May sj> The New Zealand Minister of Defence, Mr. Jones, has arrived in Cairo from Britain. He visited General Sir Bernard Freyberg and the New Zealand Division in Tunisia on the way from London. [By special arrangement, Reuters World Service, In addition to other special sources of information. Is used in the compilation of the overseas intelligence published in this issue, and all rights therein in Australia and New Zealand are reserved. Such of the cable news on this page as is so headed has appeared in The Times, and Is sent to this paper by special permission. It should t>e understood that the opinions are not those 01 The, Times unless stated to be so.J