HIDDEN ARMS
ITALIAN CACHE FOUND NEAR TUNIS SCHOOL CLOSED & OCCUPIED BY TROOPS. STRENGTH OF THE FRENCH GARRISON. (Independent Cable Service.) TUNIS; March 1. A large cache of arms was found today at the Italian school at Maxula Rades, near Tunis, and the school was immediately closed and occupied by troops. It is estimated that 140,000 crack troops are under arms in French North Africa. Reserves are enormous. The Italian strength in Libya is estimated at 100,000 first class troops. Bizerta is an almost impregnable naval base.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 March 1939, Page 7
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86HIDDEN ARMS Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 March 1939, Page 7
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