Second Section
Hongkong Telegraph.
Magazine Features
SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1941.
GIBRALTAR
Ready for all comers, A Bren gunner of the Black Watch on guard at one of
Note the remarkable formation of the rock, which affords natural bomb-proof shelters as shown in the lower picture. These "Galleries" were cut by the Moors in centuries gone by, and are now used to billet troops.
the many strong posts on the rocky fortress.
These are new pictures, taken by Jarche, the well-known press photographer, of Britain's famed fortress at the western entrance of the Mediterranean. The picture on the right, above, gives a comprehensive view of The Rock as it con- fronts the airman. At left, above, soldiers are ramming home a 9.2-inch shell on top of The Rock. From this great vantage point no onomy ship could approach within range of these guns, because the heaviest warship cannot stand up to the heavy shore batteries.
A rare photograph of the brains behind the, defence of Gibraltar. Shown in conference are Admiral Sir Dudley North, Naval Commander-in-Chief, Lieut-General Sir Clive Liddell, Governor, and Major-General F. N. MacFarlane, Military Commander. On the shoulders of these three rests the task of repelling all attacks by saa, land or air. elow, a typical daily scene in Gibraltar's main street, familiar to generations of British sailors and soldiers. All women and children have been evacuated, and there are few civilians still in Gibraltar.