107 German Divisions in Field; Officers are Lacking

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 279, 25 November 1939, Page 8

107 German Divisions in Field; Officers are Lacking

(By Telegraph— Assn.—Copyright.) (Received 24, 2.45 p.m.) PARIS, Nov. 23. According to the latest estimates, Germany now has 107 divisions in the field, divided into 30 army corps and ten armies. These include 58 active divisions. There are also 49 divisions of reservists. Germany in 1914 had 87 divisions, including reservists. She is greatly deficient in officers and non-commissioned officers and is strenuously endeavouring to train great masses of raw recruits. According to the German IHgb Command, 14 members of the Ilohcnzollcrn family are serving In the various forces of the War Department, including the ex-Kaiser’s fifth son, Oscar, 11 grandsons, n grand nephew and a granddaughter. Oscar's eldest son was killed when leading an attack in Poland on September 5. Friedrich WiHiehn Is interned in Scotland, and August Wilhelm Is a distributor of ration cards at Potsdam. 30 AIR-RAIDS ON NANNINC IN THREE DAYS (Received 24, 11.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 23. The Chungking correspondent of the United Press of America says that military quarters report appalling de. struction and heavy casualties in Nanning, where the Japanese made 30 airraids in three days. A large area is in flames and it is impossible to count the dead. Six Britons were in the city when the attack began. RESTORATION OF HAPSBURGS (British Official Wireless) (Received 24, 10.30 a m.) RUGBY, Nov. 23. In sn answer to a House of Commons Question, Mr R. A. Butler, Untler-Secre-tcry for Foreign Affairs, stated that the question of the restoration of the Hapsburg monarchy has not been discussed with France.