THE BELGIAN FRONTIER
FORTIFICATION PLANS. NO FOREIGN OBJECTION. (United Press Association.)' \ (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) BRUSSELS, January 22. A plan to expend £11,000,000 on fortifying 110 miles of the Belgian frontier was revealed when Count de Broqueville (War Minister) asked the Chamber to grant the military credits. The plan includes new fortifications equipped with guns haying a range of 14 miles at Liege, Namur, and Antwerp, linked by a line of dugouts. The Minister added, that no foreign Power had objected to the proposals.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21242, 24 January 1931, Page 11
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83THE BELGIAN FRONTIER Otago Daily Times, Issue 21242, 24 January 1931, Page 11
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