R.A.F. Bombs Block Corinth Canal
LONDON, September 15. It is learned that the recent Royai Air Force raids on the Corinth Canal in Greece, were considerably heavier than was at first realised, says the Cairo correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” The damage is expected to put Ihe waterway out of action for many weeks. The heaviest damage was caused on the night of September 8, when British bombers blasted the canal banks with 32 tons of high explosives. Some of the bombers descended to 1000 feet, and the canal, already blocked by a previous raid, showed up like a silver streak in the brilliant moonlight. Some of the bombs are said to have fallen within 50 feet of the lip of the canal and caused immense landslides. Some bombers dropped mines.
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Northern Advocate, 16 September 1941, Page 5
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