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of the miarmatic flats, and those roads would enable heavy guns to be placed on those hills in a very short time.
Several acres are reserved for docks perhaps not in our time, but still the provision is wisely made.
In short, Simpsonhafen is not a naval base nor is it fortified, nor is it a coaling depot on a large scale YET. But the preliminary work that takes time, the making of roads to the hills, the building of a huge jetty, the reserving of convenient spots for coal stacks etc are is all carried out.
Given a change in international affairs necessitating a coaling or naval base near Australia, Germany could accumulate coal & stores for a fleet NOW & without our having an inkling of it. There are punts enough belonging to the ND Lloyd to cool two more vessels besides two at the jetty.
The hills could be fortified &