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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3331, 8 November 1919, Page 5

How the Germans made a bold bid during the latter part of the War to bottle up the Grand Fleet in the Fifth of Forth may now be told (says an exchange). The scheme was to block the entrance to the Firth with a big mine field. After three months hard work, U-boats ha-d laid mines in the shape of a ha.lf—moon, but mine’-sweep orgdiad discovered the plan, and as last, as the mines were laid cleared ihp-H} p,vca_v. Thiswas the largest tac-+.:3t-al operation carried out by the Üboats. Other attempts to catch the fleet were made in 1915 in the Moray Firth, when over 400 mines were laid, and in 1916 at the Orkneys. In round numbers on these occasions the Ge:mans laid 1100 mines at a cost of £2OO each. The only ‘fighting ship which fell a victim to the -trap was tlie King Edward. D-uring the war enormous numbers of mines were laid by the Germans off Ha:-Wich. S>Weep—ers were constantly clearing them, and it was found that fresh mines were laid by th U—boats at regular interva.ls of 10 days. . -We used to leave certain parts of the field unswept, so that when the- next batch of U’b~oats came along they ran into their own mines. The task of clearing mines from British waters is now almost completed. '

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