DANGER OF INVASION
Belgium to Reinforce Defence System
(Received February 10, 5.5 p.m.) Brussels. February 9.
JI. Deveze, Minister of Defence, declared that the new danger of invasion by a motorised army necessitated the constant presence of troops on the frontier, for which a Bill will shortly be introduced to reinforce the defence system. He added that the national army could at present field 18 divisions of infantry, a corps of chausseurs, two part-ly-moblllsed light divisions, and a cyclist corps. A total of £3,500,000 has been spent on armaments in the last two years, and £2,000,000 on fortifications, enabling fortified positions In six districts, including Antwerp and Luxembourg, and the restorations of the forts at Liege and Namur.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 117, 11 February 1936, Page 9
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118DANGER OF INVASION Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 117, 11 February 1936, Page 9
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