HELIGOLAND
SHORN OF ITS GLORIES. ■ The destruction of the harbour works and fortifications of Heligoland, says ■ Eeuter, although progressing to the satis, faction of the Allies, has not yet been completed. The Germans estimate that another seven years' work will be lieces-. sary. This may bo so owin" to shortage of labour. Work has been in. progress for over a year, and all the guns have been dismantled, so that Heligoland lias . ceased to be of any military value. Now. ' of course, every 6ingle detail is exposed of the astounding defences which were constructed at a total cost of .£35,000,000. During the visit of the Allied Commissioners the destroyer Turquoise, which is the fastest craft afloat, entered the harbour. She is the first British warship to enter for thirty years,
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 148, 18 March 1920, Page 7
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130HELIGOLAND Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 148, 18 March 1920, Page 7
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