"KEEP OFF ROADS”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 126, 29 May 1944, Page 5

"KEEP OFF ROADS”

j BROADCAST TO EUROPE’S UNDERGROUND HOW TO AID INVASION DEFINITE ORDERS WILL BE GIVEN. Recd. 8 p.m. Rugby, May 28. Europe’s underground army was warned to-day in a fourth operational order from the .‘Nipreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (General Eisenhower) to keep off the roads when the liberating forces land and go into battle. The broadcast said:— “Do not let the Germans entice you on the roads. It is there the greatest danger lies. When enemy uniformed forces arrive, fighting may pass through your district, This will be the time when you will be able to give them the most trouble and obstruct their progress. “In the common interest at that time, do not, on any account, leave the neighbourhood of your village or town. The safest place against bombardment is anywhere below ground level. Arrange to have a store of good water always ready. Hide your tools, so the Germans cannot take them. Also, remember that as soon as the fighting has passed the Allied armies will have need of you. “Your difficulties are fully recognised, but every help you can give will quicken the progress of the war. Do not jump to wrong conclusions. You must not think there will come a particular moment, or a day, when everyone must act, and after that it will be all over. Particular orders will be given you, through your own leaders, who know the part you have to play. These orders will take full account of your circumstances and difficulties. “Meanwhile, patience, caution and discipline are needed now!”