PRECAUTION AGAINST INVASION
600,000 Men Under Arms (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— Copyright.) LONDON, May 8. The whole machinery of Holland’s unique defence system is ready for instant operation. Sentries are constantly pati oiling the bridges and canals along the famous waterline stretching from the Zuider Zee to the Maas River, and coastal guards arc also vigilant.
Foreign planes are forbidden to land at. the Schiphol aerodrome, near Amsterdam, and military police are posted on all Government buildings. JUS estimated that 000,000 men are under The tension, was slightly relaxed after the announcement of minor exemptions from the general cancellation of army leave and also the lestoration of normal services on the electrified railways. A French War Office spokesman said that the rumours of a Gorman invasion of Holland were interpreted as a propaganda campaign to worry neutral A meeting of the Belgian Cabinet was unexpectedly summoned. It decided that further precautions are tinnecessary. 1 A Belgian Government spokesman said that some Belgian troops had been ordered to remain in barracks.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 192, 10 May 1940, Page 10
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169PRECAUTION AGAINST INVASION Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 192, 10 May 1940, Page 10
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