The Archive · 1939

Every Tenth Man Shot

London, Oct. 30.

Reports of unrest among troops in Vienna, Graz and Klagenfurt have leaked out through the Austrian border, says the French radio broadcast. Revolts of units returned from the Polish campaign are so serious, the reports add, that the German authorities have ordered each tenth man to be shot The troops in Graz are described as being in a state of utmost agitation, The men complain that during their employment in Poland, they were treated much worse than units from the "old Reich."—Reuter.

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