BRITISH ON 'RHINE.
6000 STRONG ON JULY 1.
(British Official Wireless.) (Received 21.30 a.m.)
RUGBY, July 10.
In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Sir L- Worthington-Evans. Minister of War, said that the strength of the British troops in the Rhine area, excluding a small detachment in the Saar district, was approximately 6000 on July 1. No reduction in their numbers .was contemplated at present.
Answering a further question, he said he thought that such a force was necessary to fulfil the treaty obligations.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 162, 11 July 1928, Page 7
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