ZEEBRUGGE BLOCKADE.
ENEMY’S FRUITLESS LABORS. BRITISH AVIATOR’S STORY. Australian ajid N.Z. Cable Association (Received June 20, 11.10 p.m.} AMSTERDAM, June 19. Two British aviators named Reared and Coward were bombing Zeebrugge when their motor failed. Their oil tank also leaked, but they managed to reach Holland, and are interned- ' 1 They state that Zeebrugge is completely blocked. The Germans work night and day to clear a passage, but the British nightly demolish Hie work done. The Germans are afraid to blow up the cement-filled ships lest they also blow up the sluices'. No submarines can enter or leave Zeebrugge. The blockade of Ostend is not completed, but is giving the Germans the greatest struggle.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4900, 20 June 1918, Page 5
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114ZEEBRUGGE BLOCKADE. Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4900, 20 June 1918, Page 5
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