HOLLAND'S STRONG DEFENCE
ROADS GUARDED, FORTS READY, AND FRONTIER CAN BE . FLOODED." London, August 18. The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that Holland is taking most elaborate precautions along her frontier to enforce hor neutrality. Detachments of cavalry constantly patrol the frontier, arid large forces of infantry guard tho roads which are blolced at frequent intervals with barbed-wirp entanglements and barricades. ■"' .: The roads''are: the key to the situation, ;,a's artillery cannot be taken across the open fieldsivwhich are marsh lands. In.tow-n hear tli3 frontier large bodies of troops.are assembled, and the possible lines oHpvasion are commanded Vynbwerful.fpfs, which are strong and modern. . Arrangements are complete for flooding tlie-Country of .the frontier lit a momeht's'-notice. In the neighbourhood of .the. forts,''houses, trees and crons have'been levelled to make it impossible for; an army to apnropch under cover. Severnl'w'Hole orchards have been cut down. ' Tho rivers are protected by armed.barges. -
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 6
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150HOLLAND'S STRONG DEFENCE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 6
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