HIS NEW COMMAND
FRENCH NAVAL HERO MEMORABLE "ORDER OF DAY" LONDON, August 1(> The French commander in a unit of the Free French Fleet took command of his ship this week. He is only 28 years old, but his adventures in this war have made him a man of 40. Of an old and distinguished Breton fa mil}', he was torpedoed twice in three, weeks—the first time in a destroyer in Norway, the second lime in a trawler at Dunkirk. Both his legs were fractured, his foot shattered and a collar bone broken.. Most of his wounds were sustained in Belgium for after his second ship had been torpedoed he led his men on land and fought the Nazis with bombs and-bayonets. When taking his new ship over this week, lie read this Order of the Day to his men: "To-morrow I will lead you into battle. The aim of this fight is, to show the world that France, is standing by her promise to continue the struggle, retains her honour and her flag. "We shall be name],'ess and fijee from party politics. We are simply acquitting a debt to our country by sacrificing everything to her— ■ even our families—in return for the thousand years of happiness and security she has given to our fore fathers. "This debt of honour to France, this debt of honour to the "world, is dictated to us by,our heart's. I want you, my children, always to have the same honour and pride in fighting under the French flag in French uniforms as I have in c'oirimanding you.'*
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 214, 18 September 1940, Page 3
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263HIS NEW COMMAND Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 214, 18 September 1940, Page 3
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