RHINE DEFENCES
ARMY OF MEN AT WORK ON NEW LINE COMPLETION LIKELY TO TAKE THREE YEARS. AN ARDUOUS UNDERTAKING. LONDON, September 1. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Berlin correspondent understands that a quarter of a million men are digging new Rhine defences, those withdrawing being replaced by a further batch of the same size. The arduousness of the labour, to which many are not used, caused fatigue and dissatisfaction and heavy rain severely damaged the work accomplished. The line cannot be fully prepared under three years, and in view of this, work will be concentrated on what are regarded as strategic weak spots.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 September 1938, Page 9
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101RHINE DEFENCES Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 September 1938, Page 9
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