GERMAN FORTS
ALGECIRAS TO TARIFA. DOMINATING GIBRALTAR. SPANISH LOYALIST’S STORY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received July 22, 11.30 a.m. Gibraltar, July 21. A Spanish Loyalist agent, after an inspection of the locality, asserts that German topographical experts, operating throughout the Spanish territory adjacent to-Gibraltar, have built widespread fortifications from Algeciras to Tarifa, comprising two butteries of 14-inch guns respectively at Get ares Bay, oj miles from Europa Point; also a 16-inch battery half a jnile distant, and three 13-inch batteries at Punta Carmera to reinforce a 16-inch battery on an adjacent mountain, which is equipped with anti-aircraft guns and three powerful searchlights to illuminate the Straits throughout the night, the Straits here being 12 miles across. The Germans, lie says, are fortifying Sierra. Garbonera, the highest peak nominating Gibraltar.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 22 July 1937, Page 9
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