FACILITIES FOR DEALING WITH U-BOATS.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! LONDON, April 25.
Naval experts believe the entrance to Bruges canal is effectively blocked, compelling the enemy submarines to find an exit by the Oatend ■ canal. ■< Although this will bring the U-boats nearer the entrance to : the , ,it will give the navy a greater chance of dealing with them. '• ' .• : H .. '.- . -.. ;.•■.. ... ■■ .■;
An inopportune change of wind upset the operations off Oatend by dispersing the smoke screen, and giving the enemy an opportunity to destroy the means previously devised to enable the blockships to make the entrance of the canal.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14590, 27 April 1918, Page 3
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