“BOUND TO FAIL”
NAZI WAR AT SEA LOSS OF SUBMARINES MINES COUNTERACTED ■DRAGGED FROM OCEAN (Reed. Dec. 1, noon.) PARIS, Nov. 30. The Minister of Marine, M. Campinchi, announced that the French navy had intercepted 223,297 tons of merchandise bound for Germany during the first 08 days of the war, including 85,742 tons of foods, 101,653 tons of raw materials, and 35,000 tons of liquid combustibles. He added that Germany possessed 50 or 60 submarines when the war began and already had lost 30. M. Campinchi said he did not believe that the submarine was a serious menace to Allied commerce. Magnetic mines were less to be feared than was generally believed. It was now believed possible to drag them from the sea, which was being done with electrical magnetic equipment and .was showing excellent results. “Thus Germany’s war against’ the Allies on the seas is bound to fail in the long run,” he added.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20109, 1 December 1939, Page 7
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