London's Barrage
AT the secret gun-positions dotted all over London, men in steel helmets work all night long loading and firing, loading and firing, until they are drunk with the noise. From the long muzzles they serve, stark and black against the quiet stars, they hurtle blasts of steel and explosive that may spell death to the Nazis 20.000 or 25.000 feet overhead.-If they are lucky —and .hitting an aircraft at night-time is one of the most difficult feats -in the world —thev are rewarded for good marksmanship by the sudden cessation of the bomber's menacing drone. _it turns instead to a shrill protesting whine and the enemy's machine conies down in smoke and flame to destruction. —London Correspondent of the Yancouve Daily Province.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23861, 11 January 1941, Page 1 (Supplement)
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124London's Barrage New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23861, 11 January 1941, Page 1 (Supplement)
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