Show IMPREGNABLE GIBRALTAR An Au en enemy's em 15 fleet could CO be bo sent to the bottom in in ten minutes minute before getting within five fire miles of Gibraltar not Wen oven evena ovena a n. torpedo o boat could succeed in in entering entering enter enter- ing the time bay unobserved on tho the blackest est night That sums up tip the opinions of nl the tho m most st eminent naval nand exports experts as al to the impregnability of th the worlds world's greatest fortress r. r says pays Ca Cassell's Cassells a Saturday Satur- Satur day dav a Journal London t hut lint disappointment u awaits aits tho the sightseeing sightseeing sight sight- seeing visitor i The Thc rock thou though h barren barren barren bar bar- ren is lo covered with luxuriant vc vegetation vegetation ctt ct t tion on not a fort prominent not a Junto ginto gun gin gunto to bo ho o seen with the tile most powerful glasses g no discernible ammunition magazines no DO strongholds on only a peaceful prosperous harbor and md a l sleepy straggling town It is night i ant and the maneuvers are on Oil Swift playing nJ searchlights transform trans trans' transform form th the bay ba into mite a sheet t of shimmering shimmering shimmer shimmer- ing silver sil illon upon hi which h are Ire seen m ma majestic mp- mp jestic British warships and Dud clon elongated lying flying shadows the shadows ba tho tho torpedoes Guns answer guns out of every conceivable 3 blo crevice and corner blo blending din in one ono deafening eafen oJ uproar while w 1 le scores of shells plow the water for miles around Sentries arc h erv everywhere ro infantry parties crouch in the shadows hn hundred hundreds hun hun- dred of gunners stand read ready behind hundreds of guns Juns in mysterious m labyrinths hewn out of tho the solid rock rock rock- the galleries alIr es' es the vicious barking of ot maxim guns uns gives i contrast t to the deep deep- toned bain baying of these mammoth p pieces ces of ordnance th the tho mere mero report of which cracks stono stone roofs and bursts doors and whole hoJo windows Could nn any fleet live o through h the murderous hail of gigantic Ji antic shells sheIls' Never Caught Napping N Gi Gibraltar ne never ner r sleeps By Fly da day dav and aud night two perfectly perfect equipped signal pig stations proudly flaunting Britain's flag of- of ownership weep ee tho thin seas around to a t distance of oC fifteen miles on a clear cloar day instantly reporting reporting report report- I ing corning coming no and talU going of each cach vessel Sentries Juar guard all aU the prominent forts magazines and gateways gunners sleep beside their guns cD engineers are are- ever cr ready bes beside lle the tbt powerful searchlights Modern needle Jo guns the finest i in in Europe Europ are re installed on all the most prominent points TIie They are unreachable unreachable able from fromble n ih the e sen se e even en as they ar nr arc un un- I discernible ble owing to the skill km with which they thE thEare are arc painted an and draped to snatch match tho oie ho surrounding c vegetation while huge hue screens drop Mop automatically before tent them n as each sch shell is ill is fired d. d They have hac a range ranco of fifteen miles and could drop rop sheila shells on 1 Centa in iri Africa quito quite comfortably One gun guna un weights weighs a 11 tons ton and is il capable of throwing a shell td weighing hiD three of a ton In that marvel mar of on engi engineering i- i i under great difficulties the galleries are concealed d Runs guns for over every da day dav in the time year cal These galleries arc are divided into three sections entry to which i is guarded while one i is is closed ed even ep to high b officers officers cers containing preserved stores muni munitions of war rain raiD water for Gibraltar has no springs and a n complete condensing con con- condensing densing plant plant all all calculated to outlast out out- last Jat a siege e e of seven years Tho The firing is tho the most mathematic mathematically ally perfect imaginable The rhe surrounding surround surround- ing nJ waters are aro mapped out ont into squares upon which certain pins grins runs are arc kept ept ready re dr trained so that it is 13 almost impossible to miss Durin During practice targets bra toned tot aero across t tho he bay the object being to hit the water a fow few yards ard in advance of them their Although tho the sentries have hae now been leen reduced a n fow few years a ago o 18 were needed daily aily the most important point being ill h the 3 North orth Front where whore tho the sentries sea sen tries tris face face- tho the Spanish sentries But the mere pressure of an aD electric button by Lr the tho off officer cr of tho the guard would cause causa a miniature earthquake on the neutral ground round |