CHANNEL DANGERS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 4852, 30 July 1923, Page 2

CHANNEL DANGERS.

FLEETS MAY PASS IN FOG

COASTAL FORTS ESSENTIAL

(By Electric Cable— Copyright.) (Aust. ana N.Z- Cable Association.) Paris, July 27.

The naval manoeuvres have Just been brought to a conclusion. It is reported that they emphasized the danger which might arise m the Channel if a strong line of defensive coast artillery is not ready to intervene in the event of a surprise attack. The report points out' that log favoured the attacking fleet’s operations when it slipped past the clefending fleet off Cherbourg, and also when a landing party captured a signal station at St. Valery. The lesson deduced is that thanks to the fog an eneniv is able to act almost with impunity in spite of the presence of squadrons of avoplaues and flotillas of submarines. The experts contend that the policy of dismantling the coastal fort; cannot be entertained.