The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1909-09-17
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GIBRALTAR IS RIeHTtl soNslo.
Erred lmPReeNAdL
Hard 70 Imagine How ~ laaeklng
Fleet Could Live In the ilnehe
Of Shot That Cod Dc
Poured on II


IAN onemy's fleet couH }, sent TO
The bottom in ten minute tpre get.
tInr within i've miles alGhraltar;
not even % torpedo boat ID succeed
IN entering the bias uuUbst VI on the
blacklist night" That VI up the
opinions Of the most osl 81 naval
experts ns 10 the impaIihnlty Of
the worlds greatest fonla
But disappointment rts the
Sightseeing visitor The H. though
barren. Is covered with htrAnt veg
citation. not a fort prouhl Vt not a
gun 10 be- seen even whi DE most
powerful glasses. no dlkinble an.
munl,ion magazines; no sIrpgholds;
only a peaceful. prospsda harbor
and sleepy. struggling bbp
II IL night aud the mad euers are
on. Swlftplaylng search Elts trans.
form the bay into a shed 81 simmer.
ing silver. upon which NJ ncn MA.
iostlc British warshlps ~ dongatcd
nr.ng shaIDVsatho toreia Guns
answer guns out Of even tsceiyable
crcyicc and corner, blcslln In one
d"afenlng uproar. whit cores ~
shells pillow the watg ior miles
around
Sentrles are everywhHe: Infantry
parties crouch In the shdovs: hun.
dreds OF gunners stand rndJ behind
hundreds Of guns In thee Mysterious
labyrinths hown out Of % old rock
the galleries." the viaou barking
Of the Maxim guns give contrast to
the deeptoncd baying q these man.
moth pieces Of ordnann. the nero
report Of which cracks sioae roofs
and bursts doors and wole windows.
Could any feet live throgh the muir.
dcrous hail OF gigantic iheIb7
Gibraltar never sleeps " day and
night two perfectly eqdnpd signal
stations. proudly naunthE Brltaln's
flag Of ownership. unceulhiy sweep
the seas around TO dhilhce OF NJ
teen miles on clear az instantly
reporting the coming I'd going OF
each vessel Scntrics add all the
prominent forts. magazirt and gate
ways: gunners sleep beale their
guns: engineers are everyday beside
the powerful scmrhlighti
Modern needle" guns. he finest In
Europe. are installed on n the most
prominent points They ate unreach
able from the sen. even d they are
undlscerniblc. owing to I'd skill with
which they are painted and draped
TO match the suiroundin kegetation
while huge screens drop Dramatically
before them as each sh II fired
They have a range Of .Nfen mile,
and could drop shells onl Ceuta. In
Africa. opposite. quite caiiortably
one gun wolghH no tons ID Is capa
bic OF throwing a shell welaAIng three
quarters Of q tom In that marvel o
engineering under grat dinicultlcs
the galleries, are concealed guns fol
every day In tho yoar'
These galleries arc divided int
three sections, entry to which II
guarded. while one is closed oven Il
high officers, containing preserved
stores. munitions OF var. min waite
for Gibraltar has no sprinpl and
complete condensing' plant--all calcu
lated to outlast a Siege Of seven years
The firing Ia the most mathemai
ically perfect imaginable, The SUI
rounding waters are mapped out int
squares, upon which certain guns mr.
kept ready trained. so that Il In a
most impossible to miss. During prnS
tice targets are towel across the bay
the object being 10 hit the water
few yards In advance Of them.