FRENCH PRECAUTIONS
JAPANESE ADVANCE STRONGER DEFENCES IN ■ INDO-CHINA United Freu Association —By Electric T«i*> eraph—Copyright. (Received June 28, 2.15 p.m.) \ LONDON, June 27. The Singapore correspondent of thai "Daily Herald" says that as the Japan* ese armies advance through Southi China towards French Indo-China tha defences of French Indo-China are being rapidly strengthened, twenty thousand recruits augmenting the existing garri« son of 10,000, including a battalion of the Foreign Legion. Emplacements for 15-inch guns are being constructed at Cape Saint James and a submarine refuelling station has been established at Cam Ban Bay.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 150, 28 June 1938, Page 12
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93FRENCH PRECAUTIONS Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 150, 28 June 1938, Page 12
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