HELIGOLAND
Heligoland, which was raided the other day by tlfo iR.A.I'., is in sonic ways the most vulnerable corner of the Nazi territory. It measures only a mile by 600yds, and it has already lost a considerable island by the action of the sea, Soismological observations •show that in a westerly gale the whole island sways to and fro. ft is interesting to find that as far hack as 1005 experiments were being made as to *‘ bow far the rock is affected by the firing of the heavy Howitzers.”—‘Observer.’
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Evening Star, Issue 23829, 8 March 1941, Page 3
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89HELIGOLAND Evening Star, Issue 23829, 8 March 1941, Page 3
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