VITAL DEFENCE SOURCE
GERMANS DEPRIVED OF USE (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 8. The destruction of the Kembs dam means that the Germans have lost their chance of flooding the Rhine at the moment of their choosing—perhaps when the Allies were actually crossing it. Instead German troops on the French side have the swelling waters of the river behind them. The great head of water above the dam, which was built to maintain a constant level of water for a large hydro-electric power station, is no longer there for enemy use when he wished for the defence of the frontier, which follows the river itself.
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Evening Star, Issue 25301, 9 October 1944, Page 5
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105VITAL DEFENCE SOURCE Evening Star, Issue 25301, 9 October 1944, Page 5
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