GIBRALTAR DEFENCES
READY FOR LONG' SLICE AMPLE FOOD AND MUNITIONS LONDC/1. Ist May. Gibraltar is prepared to withstand a siege of at least six months, it is authoritatively stated. The fortress I has been stocked with food and munitions, ant its potency has been increased by the concentration of French and British warships in the vicinity. The road to Spain has been mined and heavily defended. New guns, particularly anti-aircraft batteries, have ben mounted on the Rock.
New ararngements have been made for water catchment. Bombproof caverns have been prepared for civilians.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 May 1939, Page 9
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92GIBRALTAR DEFENCES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 11 May 1939, Page 9
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