ARRESTS IN BELGIUM
BRITISH NUNS SENT TO CAMP
(Rec. 12.45 p.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 16. British nuns residing at a .convent at Borgenhout, near Antwerp, have been arrested by the Germans and sent to an internment camp, according to Belgian quarters in London. Between 8000 and 10,000 Belgian patriots are being held in Belgian prisons. It is reported from occupied Belgium that 500 persons are detained in Breendonck concentration camp, and between 800 and 1000 in the citadel at Huy. There are 1540 "political"'prisoners in the Brussels prison where Nurse Cavell was incarcerated. — 8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1942, Page 5
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94ARRESTS IN BELGIUM Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1942, Page 5
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