DEFENCE WORKS
CONSTRUCTED BY GERMANS ALONG THE RIVER MEUSE & ON COAST. USE OF BELGIAN FORCED LABOUR. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, January 8. The Germans are requisitioning labour in Belgium to build fortifications in Namur Province, where the German Army is establishing a defence line along the Meuse River in case of an Allied attack' on Northern France, according to the Belgian news agency. During the last six months, 21,000 Belgians have been deported to Northern France to work on the construction of concrete shelters and roads in the coastal area.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1943, Page 3
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95DEFENCE WORKS Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1943, Page 3
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