SOME BRITISH BEACHES ARE STILL MINED
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Received Monday, 7 p.m. LONDOX, .Tune 24. It is estimated by tlie War Office that there are still 40,000 mines to be cleared from British beaclies and a niun ber of German prisoners ar.e to be einploved to assist Britisji sappers 4o speed up tlie work for which anuoureti bulldozers, flaipe throwers and high ,pressure jets are also being used. The most heavily mined areas are on tjie south and southeast coasts. Five cotn panies of Royal Enginee'rs working there have already cleared nearly 10,000 .mjnqs. Wales and the northwest coas) are already free and only tijne of 000' minelields in the nortb are stib dangerous. Good progress has alsit been made in 8c ot land where mines now remain only on five beaclies.
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 June 1946, Page 5
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