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German mines operated by allien. German civilians employed at the Alsdorf mines load coke which will be part of a 16,000-ton shipment to Luxemburg for use in steel mills. The mines are nine miles north of Aachen, within 200 yards of Siegfried Line pillboxes.

Abandoned German mines in Sicily. Allied forces advancing in Sicily found this huge pile of German land mines near Roccopalunba. The swiftly retreating Germans apparently had no time to plant them.

New Nazi mine trap. Lieutenant GHeorge Williams of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, holds a booby trap which the Nazi had attached to a compass and planted on the toad to St. Gilles. The device consisted of compass atached to a grenade with a shoestring. Picking up the compass would have pulled a pin, setting off the grenade.

Eine Mine detoniert im Kielwasser. Von den Räumgeräten eines Räumbootes geschnittene Mine detoniert mit einem riesigen Wasser- und Rauchpilz.

German mines uncovered in France. German teller mines and other types of anti-personnel explosives lie harmlessly on a beach in Northern France after Allied sappers uncovered and tamed them in the initial assaults on the Continent.

The Navy Sweepsthe magnetic mine. Alarm! Enemy aircraft are reported and the Lewis gun on the Bridge of the minesweeper is manned.

Japanese ship sunk by mine. The captain of the Japanese motor vessel Terukani Maru photographed on arrival in London last night. The vessel sank after striking a mine off the East Coast, carrying 26 passengers. NI 1742