SUBMARINE MINES LAID
<» On the outbreak of war the Board of Trado issued the following notices : — ( With' regard to the navigation of theSound, Copenhagen, submarine mines aro laid at the entrances of the Kongo Deep, the Hollander Deep, and tho Drogden Channel. The passage is temporarily limited to the Flint Channel. A pilot is compulsory at Copenhagen. Mines have been laid at the following places 011 the German coast:— Round Heligoland; (2) Cuxhaven ; (3) at tho mouths of Weser, Jahde, and Elbe, and at Borkura ; and lightships on German North Sea coast have been brought into port. Preparations have been made to close the main entrance to tho harbour at Algiei'Sj and the Agha entrance has already been closed. Foreign ships have been, advised to leave Algiers harbour immediately, otherwise they might be delayed indefinitely.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 74, 24 September 1914, Page 4
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135SUBMARINE MINES LAID Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 74, 24 September 1914, Page 4
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