VIVE LA JUSTICE!
As liaison officer with the French Foreign Legion at Narvik, I was returning from a reconnaissance with the Colonel and his intelligence officeer. Landing at a small wooden pier, we were greeted by a hail ol bullets. We crossed the road one by one. A new volley of bullets. In front of us we saw, by a telegraph pole and behind a small hillock, a Bren gun. "It ; s our own men who are firing at us"! Another burst of lire. Om reaching the top we recognised the legionnaires. "Which Company is that?" shouted the Colonel. "Fifth Company, man Colonel." "What are your orders?" "To fire on anyone landing, mon Colonel." "Why did you miss me, then?"' said the Colonel. The sergeant gunner remained dumbfounded. "You shall have a quart of wine for having carried out your orders and three days' C.B. for having missed three officers at three hundred yards.'"
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 81, 22 July 1942, Page 2
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154VIVE LA JUSTICE! Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 81, 22 July 1942, Page 2
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