GERMANS APPREHENSIVE
THE DEFENCE OF EUROPE. United Press Assn —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, Dec. 22. Reports reaching London svave that new defence works are being constructed all along the Belgian North Sea, coast. The German-controlled newspaper Le Nouveau, a journal published in Brussels, openly admits the possibility of a second front in Europe lias upset the calculations of the German General Staff for Russia. The newspaper states: “Ever since September, it has been evident that at least half th© general reserves at Hitler’s and Mussolini’s disposal have not been fighting in Russia. ’ Th© paper adds that, these were crack divisions, numbering perhaps BX) or more. It was also reported that in a single night five bomb explosions oe curred in Brussels. Houses inhabited by Nazi agents were badly damaged and several persons were wounded At Tongres, an attempt was made on the life of the National Socialist burgomaster.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15233, 24 December 1942, Page 3
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