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NAZI SECRET MINES
LONDON. September 21
The Paris correspondent of "The Times" says that the Germans are using old tricks employed in the Hindenburg Line in their retreats on the Western Front.
Mines concealed under steel helmets explode when the helmets are picked up, and others detonate when the doorhandles of abandoned cottages are
turned.
Germans buried a French officer killed during an attack, erected a tomb and laid a wreath, and then exploded a mine when the French, who were counter-attacking, reached the and knelt helmetless to pay homage to their comrade.
The French are gradually clearing up the hidden traps.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 73, 23 September 1939, Page 13
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