Show gibraltar west gate of mediterranean Us S in north african hiva invasion sion gun bristled port fort has been hit often from air under the friendly protection of guns on land at sea and in the air ships bearing american troops tanks aircraft and a ammunition into steamed through the historic corridor to invade the north coast of french africa at the same tume time yanks yanks were landin landing g on the african northwest cons coast t 0 once age again the strait of gibraltar to r one me of th the world s busiest bottlenecks became a gateway to war now the western mediterranean had joined the war strafed eastern mediterranean adl ter asan to make tha chatea one great belie battle arena time time and time again axis air pow er had attacked gibraltar but to cavad no avail the rock stood the air harassment it can and will ted I 1 tend stand further and greater attacks the e strait t of 6 gibraltar is only nine miles wide hese here europe and africa come nearer meeting than at t my any other place britain britaina Brit ains rock of gabr gibraltar itar stronghold on OB the north side mile of of the strait is not situated as is often supposed at the narrowest at etch of the strait it is more than 23 13 in miles 0 es from the nearest point on an the opposite P P coast RO roughly 9 h alsus three miles long and less than a mile wide gibraltar is surrounded rounded d on an al au but one me side mile by span ish fall territory in the north it is joined to spam spain proper prop by a 0 low sandy esth ons mus to the south its nearly 1400 fout foo high thigh bulk looks across the strait toward its mountain mate in africa soaring above the spanish moroccan port P ort of C ceata ceuta ease together the towering rocks were known to the ancients as a the pillars of here les lea one legend has it that they were bonte united d in a single mountain range until hercules broke it apart his observations to lo british soldiers who are everywhere british I 1 bob bies who appear as if they had just emerged from a london alindon police station british flags that top the masts of in municipal and government buildings m and british warships and commercial comm al vessels that outnumber an all others anchored in the harbor but a peacetime sidewalk study rev reveals c al strange mixture in a a short h 04 stroll you yon see Scotch men in 0 B or A call FRA N C E genoa e M A ion 2 tz barcelona rome 0 s tz T madrid pa S P A I 1 N SA A LEAR C az 0 0 SICILY Z z atar icse 11 a T I 1 ia ajer SPANISH C ta oran rbt A L GE R I 1 A bs cfall 0 loo soo 00 e ad z in order order to open is a way between the me mediterranean d it tr allean and the atlantic cliffs cliff on east side on the eastern side looking toward th the le open lium mediterranean id where he r the cin glike cliffs s make an at almost t sheer be t r drop aito into the sea no direct also attack c k on do gibraltar I 1 baltar I 1 has ever been possible e 0 on the wes western tern side however is the city t Y of f gibraltar normally 20 pop population overlooking the british bluish naval base I 1 with its man amade made harbor ahr through ough which most of the citadel a s f mod food and other supplies lea must C come m e school while M j ch child the t jd rock ewh as a kwh symbol is known of at strength to r every the city is known to ill but few it is a british city if the traveler confines A ie 0 h lon A i N V 6 J 4 A market some scene in a the moorish city cita of tangier which sweeps up the slopes elopes of the southern or african side of the strait of gibraltar tangle tangier is s in the internal international zone a nick out of the spanish morocco which caps pr africa Is northwestern shoulder into tangier on in market arket days their these thes are in rural ral folk who stream stock in aade trade is pottery kilts brush past turbaned moors from the other aid side of the strait and cadiz mingle with sturdy spaniards Spam ards from madrid malaga greeks greek brown skinned hindus and egyptians jostle levantine jews and dusky senegal negroes rub elbows with chinese from canton camon the city spreads up the side aide of lb the e rock from the shore of the broad algeciras bay to a height of feet long flights of steps lead to the upper portion of the town mak cook impossible on AN EAN many streets na w water for reservoirs ab v e the face of the rock has frequently undergone treatment s an al sir view I 1 1 ew of the until rock of gibraltar it rises rien in almost it sheer cliffs out oat a of the al mediterranean e the on left but sweeps weep more ore gently toward the be bay y of algeciras on the right where the ship basins are shown the of G gibraltar b baltar city rises fr from the harbor so in the eater center of the photograph the rock to ek bristles with auns funs a set in man made tunnels and recesses since t the be moors occupied it centuries centhie is ago A fortified castle dating back sh se to moorish occupation still stands in one of its recesses sharply contrast contras to ing in with wit h the U e more coore modern british hampar ramparts t T tunnels have been her bored it paths dynamited it dynamited ted and in places I 1 its rough countenance Caunt mance has h as been given an application 0 of cement u upon ph n which aich rain r am water us is caught and drained into reservoirs of the city ceuta ceata enroll across the strait for dec ades has aften b ph an important artan military and penal station impair to lor spain it is predominantly is a Spa spanish town wh ifft its mosque which recalls moorish domination do has a been n used led as 11 a cathedral for rev several drill hundred h um it red years only 28 miles sol its to the east tangier pc presents ants another picture a moorish P picture that could be far removed from gibraltar from the harbor it resembles a white spread from th the e seashore up the african slopes 1 its spotless oil white wall walls glistening ten na in the sunlight suggs suggest s that clean up gamt up week is perpetu ally observed there once inside the city w walls alls the traveler is bewildered by the maze of lanes which the Tangie Tangier rians iam call their streets so narrow are they that wheeled vehicles vehicle have never rumbled over ever the cobbles cobble and trans are compelled to to ump jump into doorways doorway t to evold avoid being sideswiped side swiped or trampled upon by donkeys with bulging loads in the business section co coffee a h houses aca offer the principal tangier recreation patrons sit in groups on the floor playing with queerly marked cards or lean against the walls sipping beverages smoking pipes and oil sometimes singing to the tune time of a native orchestra next door an unkempt shopkeeper seemingly more interested in k keeping e his long stemmed pipe agh lighted t ed the than in making aasal a sale presides over a cup boardlike a shop 0 displaying I 1 ying put pot tery inal aware and an d trinkets it ets an americans description ot of a T tangier angler residential district we would I 1 it be more narrow winding streets hemmed in b by Y high white walls the walls are blank b j ank except for door i ways leading into courts A peep through an open door reveals reveal some of the city a garden spots spot flower beds surrounding fount fountains olms I 1 shaded by lofty palms some courts howver C C are miniature farmyards where cattle and fowl are re fattened tor for con market ciket A visit to the market place Is well wort worth h a trip to T tr tangier r there city it c aik oik lk neu mingle sigh with it I 1 the rural I 1 folk me men women and children camels horses horse it donkeys k ayi dogs an and it f fowls all are h huddled d led t together in awls the e dust amid piles of vegetables fruit few it nuts candies kit kitchen te b on utensils and he homemade amade shoes ara around it the edge dg a of the market P place see letter writers and fortune tents tener teller TS ply their professions p la black porty sudanese el g negroes se in tatters is dance one tv to the tune tone of metal meta cymbals and nd discs dangling about bou lu L their u bodies innee and the fire eater and snake ask chat charmer r is fascinate in tol throngs throng with their clr clever tricks t r loss M modern mern improvements h have come to tan tangier er in a somewhat small way the th C as has he tea not and for far a long time mill mil not at outgrow um the ellis eat s special pokey ia taxi alt the single grow as donkey d because ol of the narrow streets street i s telephones 1 are readily available a and n d there ere is a modern hospital built by the french french |