DEFENCE OF ANTWEBP
EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS QUEEN AND FAMILY PREPARED FOR FLIGHT Received this d»y, 8.5 a.m. Amsterdam, Friday Extensive preparations have been made to defend Antwerp. Ihe woods are cut down and villages destroyed to deprive the Germans of cover. Earthworks are thrown up in all directions and part of the country outside the fortifications has been flooded. Dover and Oh tend steamers are lying in the Scheldt in readiness to remove the Queen and family
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 697, 22 August 1914, Page 5
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76DEFENCE OF ANTWEBP King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 697, 22 August 1914, Page 5
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