GUNS OPPOSITE DOVER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 December 1940, Page 10

GUNS OPPOSITE DOVER

THE INVASION MENACE DANGER NOT YET PASSED LONDON. 26th November. Systematic increase in the array of lcng-range guns which the Germans are installing on the French coast opposite Dover leads naval authorities to insist that the invasion danger has not passed. The object of the guns, it is believed, is to "box ’ an area along the English coast, where troops might later be landed. Yesterday, for the fifth successive day. the Germans shelled Dover, apparently testing the newest line of guns. Ooening up in brilliant sunshine dur-

mg the afternoon, the batteries on the French coast fired at the Dover area for 40 minutes. There were no casualties and the damage was slight. Meanwhile, storms have washed up another variety of Hitler's invasion craft It is a huge raft, with high, sloping sides, supported by large metal cylinders, and fitted with tow-ropes and iron rings. It is capable of carrying 50 men An E-boat (motor torpedo-boat) could tow a number of such rafts, provided if did not travel fast. The rafts could carry a number of horses, also light artillery, but would be incapable of transporting tanks or heavy guns. Naval experts point out that ‘ there is usually a calm in the Channel before 21st December, when short days, with bad visibility, following long nights, might be highly favourable for attacking forces.