TROOP MOVEMENTS CHECKED
Southampton Silts Up (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) LONDON. July 22. Thousands of tons of sand silting up the approaches to Southampton water prevented the entry of the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary and Aquitania. and upset the greatest westward movement of troops ever planned. Vast contingents from the Continent and throughout Britain have been concentrating for months at Southampton and the neighbourhood, but camps which reouired months to build will be useless. Enormous expenditure will be involved in transporting Americans with a vast amount of equipment stores to northern ports.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23261, 24 July 1945, Page 5
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91TROOP MOVEMENTS CHECKED Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23261, 24 July 1945, Page 5
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