BRITISH MINE=LAYING
EFFECTIVENESS OF OPERATION SHIP BLOWN UP (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 30, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 29 The effectiveness of the British mine-laying was demonstrated recently when an unnamed British ship, disobeying Admiralty instructions regarding the only safe passage in Dover Straits, struck a British mine and blew up. There are frequent reports of explosions on the Scandinavian coasts, probably German mines, which blow up when they break loose from their moorings. It is significant that most of the reports occur during rough weather. Rumours so far of great North Sea battles may be taken as “absolute nonsense.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20923, 30 September 1939, Page 8
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102BRITISH MINE=LAYING Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20923, 30 September 1939, Page 8
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