New idea in warfare being kept close secret.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1942, Page 3

New idea in warfare being kept close secret.

British Official Wireless.

Rec. 7.45 p.m. Rugby, Aug. 30. "The new Gibraltar has a brain centre hidden from attack and able to control any form of offensiye without sending a single man into the open. That is our great secret at the key to the Mediterranean, where men have gone underground with a new idea in warfare." This description was given in a broadcast to-day by a man who recently visited the Rock of Gibraltar. "Attacked from land, sea and air," he said, "even if Invasion. troops swarmed over the Rock the fortress would still not be taken. Evei-y defender would reach safety while the enemy would be harassed and in conetant danger." The commentator described tunnels in the rock 1000 feet deep where even the discharge of the giant guns above could not be heard. Along these tunnels there are gigantic industri'al installations where all the activities of a busy city can be carried on, including the running of road railways. The equipment includes a power house, hospital, kitchens with elec- . tric ovens. comfortable barracks, repair shops where practically any gun could could be overhauled, bakeries, libraries. ' cinemas and huge stores of food and J ammunition. I "I was not allowed to see how the new

underground Gibraltar will attack when everyone is driven underground." the broadcaster said. "but even if every antiaircraft gun on the Rock was smashed it would still be decidedly hazardous for any Axis aircraft to go near Gibraltar."