ESCAPED FRENCH BOYS DIIINK CHAMPAGNE WITH BRITAIN'S PREMIER: gF'ive Frcnch youths, ah in their 'teens, escaped from Ger-man-occupied France in two flimsy canoes. It took them .30 hours to reach the English south ccast and they had to dodge German E-boats and. aircraft. Their brave escapade was brought to the notice of Mr IVVinstone Churchill and the British Premier invited them to see him jat his official London residence, No. 1" Downing Street. In the garden of this historic house the Prime Minister and Mrs Cliui chill talked to the boys. Mr Churchill called for a bottle rf champagne and. they all <Iranlc the toast of ''Vive la Franc. 11 Ihe boj'S have yoined Geneial dc G aulle's forces.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 8, 25 September 1942, Page 3
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119ESCAPED FRENCH BOYS DIIINK CHAMPAGNE WITH BRITAIN'S PREMIER: gF'ive Frcnch youths, ah in their 'teens, escaped from German-occupied France in two flimsy canoes. It took them .30 hours to reach the English south ccast and they had to dodge German E-boats and. aircraft. Their brave escapade was brought to the notice of Mr IVVinstone Churchill and the British Premier invited them to see him jat his official London residence, No. 1" Downing Street. In the garden of this historic house the Prime Minister and Mrs Cliui chill talked to the boys. Mr Churchill called for a bottle rf champagne and. they all <Iranlc the toast of ''Vive la Franc.11 Ihe boj'S have yoined Geneial dc G aulle's forces. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 8, 25 September 1942, Page 3
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