UNDERGROUND BARRACKS.
I'd' MitUJATF IiQUIPMKNT. LONDON. Oi [. 0. Renter' . < oi-respnudcni v ith the I' rem b armv. describing (he wonderful catacombs at Chilh. savs that ihev were 40fl nndi r ground, and could have'.sheltered thousands of troops. Their elaborateness showed that the Hermans, regard' -I the place as indispensabl. as a II inkiim point for Chaulnes. The mam passages, in places, were 6H wid-j. and ihe walls wore solidly supported wiili iron and limber. 'I here were big M-ntila lion pipes in whitli ihe -dr was kept circu i Ltititr by means of electric motors, and || K >r<.. w,'-rei- elrctrie lighl and bells through out. YVh -n iii" French arrived the Bode - were cym installing a drainage system. The Fundi ~wept over the whole place in ; , ; j- : n|,. wave of victory, and the Licnuaii underground surrendered
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10526, 2 December 1916, Page 6
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136UNDERGROUND BARRACKS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10526, 2 December 1916, Page 6
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