CZECH FORCES.
INCREASE SINCE 1933. Received ■ January 18. 1.15 p.m. PRAGUE, Jan. 17. Genera] Moravec announces that Czechoslovakia, since 1933, has increased her frontier fortifications six-teen-fold and has doubled the number of aeroplanes, adding two air regiments and 135 heavy bombers. The number of tanks has increased twentyfold, bringing the total to 1500, and 60,000 troops have been added, including a regiment of dragoons, four battalions of cyclists, and a battalion of mounted artillery. The mobility of the army has increased by 30 per cent., and the firing capacity has been doubled.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 42, 18 January 1938, Page 8
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92CZECH FORCES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 42, 18 January 1938, Page 8
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