HUGE TANK TRAPS
RUMANIA’S DEFENCES SYSTEM OF DIKES KING CAROL'S SCHEME ; •!:. I’.-., jj. Pu..s Association -Copyiljfht) j Received Jan. 18. 5.5 p.m. ; BUCHAREST. Jan. 17. | ; Kinng Carol’s conception of; j Rumania’s defensive line has been i [completed. It involves ditches and i i canals extending for hundreds of’ j miles from the north-west frontier to; ’the Bukovina district, thence via the I i Dniester to the Bia* k Sea. , The ditches are 4«) feet wide and[ link up water-courses. They can be flooded in the event of aggression. ; Pillboxes where hills interrupt dikes I protect this huge tank trap. RAIL TRAFFIC SUSPENDED GERMANY AND RUMANIA I Received Jan. 18. 7.5 p.m. I PARIS, Jan. 17. ' i The wireless announced that Ger-' : man-Rumanian railway traffic via ’ , Poland has been suspended.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 5
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