FORCES IN FIELD
ESTIMATED STRENGTHS
GERMANS AND CZECHS
LONDON, September 28
It is believed that, according to official information, Germany has now 30 divisions on the Czech frontier. The Czech army totals 20 divisions.
The official German news agency states that the Czechs have blown up 24 bridges between Zittau and Ratibor. Czech troops near Bad Schandau, Saxony, are stated to be feverishly felling trees and preparing gun emplacements commanding the German bank of the Elbe.
The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press reports that HenHitler's bodyguard of Black Guards have abandoned their black uniforms for field grey. The exodus of foreigners from Berlin is proceeding at full speed. It includes many Britons, and wives and children of members of the Embassy staffs.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 78, 29 September 1938, Page 9
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124FORCES IN FIELD Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 78, 29 September 1938, Page 9
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