ROUTES INTO FRANCE VIA BELGIUM—Very real fears are being felt by the Belgians and the Dutch that their countries may be invaded by the Nazis in an effort to carry the tear on to French soil. There are four possible lines of attack. The river valley "gaps (so-called because of their comparative vulnerability) are those of the Oise and the Meuse. Further west is the Armentieres gap, and another gap opens through Luxemburg. The Belgians possess a strong line in the Albert Canal defences flanked by the Liege fortress area, which is the northern terminal of the Belgian Maginot Line. Netherlands defences ore Jess formidable, consisting of the traditional strategy of flooding low lands and retiring to stronghold areas on higher land. In recent months Holland has done much in the providing of fire and material obstacles at all vulnerable parts of her German frontier. These could not, however, he expected to do more than slow up a determined enemy advance.

Evening Star, Issue 23421, 11 November 1939, Page 11

ROUTES INTO FRANCE VIA BELGIUM—Very real fears are being felt by the Belgians and the Dutch that their countries may be invaded by the Nazis in an effort to carry the tear on to French soil. There are four possible lines of attack. The river valley "gaps (so-called because of their comparative vulnerability) are those of the Oise and the Meuse. Further west is the Armentieres gap, and another gap opens through Luxemburg. The Belgians possess a strong line in the Albert Canal defences flanked by the Liege fortress area, which is the northern terminal of the Belgian Maginot Line. Netherlands defences ore Jess formidable, consisting of the traditional strategy of flooding low lands and retiring to stronghold areas on higher land. In recent months Holland has done much in the providing of fire and material obstacles at all vulnerable parts of her German frontier. These could not, however, he expected to do more than slow up a determined enemy advance.