(Continued from page 7) and, in several vulnerable sectors, tripled the Maginot Line defences, massed large quantities of artillery, constructed thousands of concrete pill-boxes from the sea to Switzerland io flood extensive areas and constructed dams to increase the regions that, will be flooded.
"Mechanical Defences"
Manning such a defensive system requires relatively few men compared with millions required during the last World War. Defensive Positions are based on a mechanical Conception of the war. Few men inside pill boxes armed with machineguns are calculated to have greater defensive pawer than hundreds of men in trenches.
li gar is expected to Maginot fort with a rela-hol o more vulnerable if ended by thousands of men in the by large, quantities the forts, any sector's defensive power reduces the use of manpower. Sufficient manpower ta counter-attack the enemy in the territory lying between the Maginot and Siegíried lines has been on hand since the beginning of the war. The men seem to realize that the Germans expect them to break under the strain of inactivity and therefore have made conscientious efforts to keep up their spirits. The nature of the French army di cipline also goes a long way toward maintaining the army's morale. The elastic relations between the men and officers and the absence of parade and drill discipline have helped matters considerably.—United Press.
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