ADVICE TO BELGIANS
Go To Ground When Invasion Starts
LONDON. January 6
The 8.8. C. to-day broadcast the following warning to Belgians at the request of the Allied High Command:
“In. the event of military operations On no account flee along the roads. If you are on the roads you will obstruct the activities of the Allied Air Forces.” The Belgians were advised to stay in their homes and get into reinforced cellars, if possible. General Dwight Eisenhower will make his headquarters in London, says the “Evening Standard." An announcement is expected to be made from Allied Headquarters when he arrives. General Eisenhower may bring to London many staff officers who served under him at North African Headquarters. His movements have been secret since January 2 when he sent farewell messages to the Allied Forces in North Africa Tile Geilnau News Agency announced that Marshal Rommel has completed a lour of Holland, during which he inspected the coastal defences of the occupied western territories. The News Agency said that the manoeuvres and alarm exercises again proved the high training and fighting worth of the German soldiers.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22785, 8 January 1944, Page 5
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