THE FALL OF ANTWERP.
“The British fleet will certainly have its responsibilities increased by the fall of Antwerp,” writes Mr E. Ashmead-Bartlett, in the London Daily Telegraph. “The Germans doubtless hope to utilise it as a naval base for destroyers and submarines for operations against our main fleet and transports crossing the Channel. The whole of the Dutch coast will have to be patrolled to prevent destroyers and submarines from slipping out of Wilhelmshaven and creeping down the coast to the mouth of the Scheldt. The storms and November fogs will render the work of our fleet difficult and arduous. In any case, the Germans are sure to make the attempt, aud will pay no heed to any little question ot Dutch neutrality, which have handicapped our utilising Antwerp. If they do pass through Dutch territorial waters we might claim back the Naval Brigade which we have lost in such an annoying manner.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1328, 24 November 1914, Page 4
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153THE FALL OF ANTWERP. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1328, 24 November 1914, Page 4
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