BATTLE FOR COAL
Troops Mob i I i sed i 7 .<:> p 'll . I ' '• N. A !l’. \ • from Lidr says lhat (hr I rrndi High ('nmtnand tias m<-» f ed more than “OJBin troops in (hr Jil'e mining region for t rance’s “hM T- fm <•<>;>’.” A total i:| ■!<!'} troops air assembling as a forestry corns Io cut mine prop's, I 500 to speed up trains and barges, 1 whip' J’llOO more are to assure disj tribution. i Fifteen thousand troops have been designated to guard 45.000 German prisoners of war destined Io work in the coalmines. The Luxemburg radio said the miliI f.ary authorities at Frankfurt-on-Maiu | h.iTc ordered ci' iliaiis whose residence I > there is non-e'-sential to leave before the winter comes. I
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23289, 27 August 1945, Page 5
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123BATTLE FOR COAL Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23289, 27 August 1945, Page 5
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