BEING RUSHED SOUTH

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 66, 15 September 1943, Page 5

BEING RUSHED SOUTH

OVER 70 NAZI DIVISIONS

LONDON, September 14,

More than 70 German divisions are being transferred with all speed from all parts of the Continent to southern' France, the north of Italy, and the Balkans, says the Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Mail." The whole Continental railway system is straining every effort to rush reinforcements, tanks, planes, and. equipment as a reserve against an expected Allied onslaught on various points. French railway experts revealed that the civilian traffic is reduced to onetenth and, judging from the programme of military trains, Germany must be moving at least 70 divisions. It is believed that this gigantic move will take at least six weeks.

The correspondent adds that German guards are watching the French portion of the railway system continuously, as a precaution against sabotage.

The British United Press correspondent on the French frontier, however, reports that French guerrillas have cut the railway line connecting France and northern Italy between Aiguebelle and Chamousset, 20 miles from Chambery. A length of 1300 yards of the line was blown up and the rail service to Italy will be held up for a considerable time. The correspondent also reports that sabotage of the French harvest continues unabated.