The Magitiot Line's forts are built in seven storeys. At the top is the observation post, then come the guard-room the vault for small ammunition, the barracks, the galleries ventilation motors, and the huge heavy ammunition store rooms, Every defence work incorporated in the Line is armed to resist repeated strong offensives. Anti-tank barrages are laid out in front. There are machinegun posts ward-rooms, a wide ditch to stall any tanks that may have "assed through the advanced barrages, ind then light artillery casemates.
Behind the advanced posts are the gallery permitting of orderly withdrawal of troops if absolutely necessary.
Moreover, all the separate forts are "inked to each other not only by a complete telephone system, but by fully-protected corridors which dispel the men's sense of being isolated, which is an important factor in morale,
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