The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-27
GERMAN COAST GUARDED
BY MANY UNDERSEA FORTS

North Sea from Germany, excepting
in one OF four ways.
There are four channels through the
mine fields. and only four. Each is
less than 1000 yards wide. These
have been left open for the use of Ger
man warships. submarines. mine
layers n other craft that may wish
to travel between the four open
ports OF Germany and the North Sea.
One OF them leads TO Emden. one 10
Wlhelmshaven. n TO Bremerhaven.
and Bremen. and the other to Cux-
haven. the Kiel Canal and Hamburg.
II. therefore. the British fleet wishes
20 penetrate into the wet triangle"
and bring the German warships to ac-
ton or attack the coast. one Of these
four channels must be traversed.
II would seem to the iayman that IL
there are only -four ways In and out
OF the triangle It would be easy for
British submarines and surface craft
TO block the exits Of these channels
TO Germans coming out as II is for the
Germans 10 keep them closed 10 the
British going in. But the courses OF
the o u channels out beyond the base
line OF the sacred triangle. where the
mine fields come to an end and the
British watchers Turk. are constantly
changed by the Germans. Under
cover Of night and fog. the channel Of
yesterday is sewn with explosives. and
a new lane opened by picking up other
mines. The British soon discover the
new pathway. and then the operation
Is repeated.
No Chance for Victory.
MS changing b mouth OF the
channel does not mean. however. that
the main channel changes its course.
II Is only les its end where contact
with the enemy is maintained that the
fairway Is constantly being shifted.
should a British fleet successfully
brave the mines and through treacherv
or luck pass safely along one OF the
four winding and twisting channels. IL
would % cOurse be subject to attack
by gunfire from the islands and tho
shore. by submarines and by the Ger
man high sea fleet But that there
might remain no possible outside
chance Of victory or escape for the
Invaders. the Germans. with charac-
~tcristic t-horoughness. have construct
ed a new form Of attack which. accord
inE Go my admiralty informant. IS the
nearest TO a sure thing" that as ever
been invented.
An unknown number Of submarine
torpedo calssous or steel and con
crete have been constructed. resting
ON piers 81 concrete sunk into the
sandy bottom. along the sides Of the
four channels through the mine fields.
The crews OF these underwater struc-
lures are lowered into them in diving
suits. and enter them by some method
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contains from two fo SIX torpedo
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torpedo tubes loaded and excepting In
case OF emergency chat Is HI thcf do
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observation stations Dn f1r islands or
thn mainland are observers who plot
out ON charts thc exact position OF
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