NAZIS USE SMOKE SCREENS
(Received June 13, 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 13.
The News Chronicle says that German smoke screens which might be described as one of Herr Hitler’s secret weapons, caused an artificial fog so thick that people were forced to use hand torches at midday. The effect is different from ordinary smoke. The screen produced an evenly distributed lead-coloured fog, smelling slightly of sulphur and incense. It cuts off vision for a few hundred yards to a height of several thousand feet and leaves a black soot deposit. It is a formidable problem for troops, as they are unable to see their targets until they burst through at short range.
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Southland Times, Issue 24152, 14 June 1940, Page 5
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