BRITAIN’S NEW MINEFIELDS.
WELCOMED BY DUTCH PRESS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received February 1, 11.0 a.m. LONDON, January 31. Tha Dutch press welcomes the new minefields in the North Sea. GEBMM FLEET BOTTLED UP. HOUTH OF HELIGOLAND BIGHT COTERED. Received February 1, 11.0 a.m. LONDON, January 31. retails of the new British minefield were first published in New York. Practically the entire mouth of Heligoland Bight has been covered*, and the German fleet bottled up. The enclosed area far exceeds anything \ hitherto attempted. The minefield extends some distance northwards 1 (ram the northernmost point of German territorial waters, thence westend to 10 man from Hall and eastward to the month of the Eras. ; I
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15135, 1 February 1917, Page 5
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115BRITAIN’S NEW MINEFIELDS. Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15135, 1 February 1917, Page 5
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