BILBAO DEFENCES
LONDON, April 19. - The Times B'ilboa correspondent says that full details of the defences of Bilboa for cpmmercial sbipping within territorial waters have been supplied to the British Oonsul, Mr Stevenson, and the vice-Ccnsul, Mr Innes. The details show that five batteries _ of heavy artillery are emplaced on either side of the mouth of the river Neryiou. Survey aeroplanes reeonnoitre for ships entering and leaviug. There is complete freedom from njine-laying inside and outside territorial waters, this being ensured ftt night by searchlights on patrol boats. Sixteea miuesweepers are operating daily. These measures prer vented jnine-laying eince January 17. The Basque Government guarantees the safety of British sbipping within Its waters. .
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 80, 21 April 1937, Page 7
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