They travelled in a powerful car daubed with streaks of paint, rendering it almost invisible from the air. The car carried on its roof a net attached to which were pieces of rag tinted to resemble dead leaves.
The King first visited a Royal Air Force aerodrome and afterwards proceeded forward to an area near the front to see conditions under which the soldiers are holding trenches in their sector:
He will inspect trenches, tank traps and steel and concrete blockhouses.—
Reuter.
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