NETHERLANDS PREPARE
STRENGTHENING OF FRONTIERS (I)aventry Broadcast) LONDON, Sept. 22 The strengthening of the Netherlands eastern frontier provides for three lines of works which will prove a greater obstacle to an Invader than mines and trees across roads. Large areas have been dug for the release of water on the countryside should it be invaded. A Belgian report states that there were pitiful scenes at Aachen when the oldsr inhabitants were removed. Some had to be taken away from their relatives by the police. A food shortage is reported in the Aachen area.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20917, 23 September 1939, Page 7
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