FRENCH “MAQUIS”
Meaning And Derivation Of Name . Explanation of how certain forces of the French “Army of the Interior” have come to be known as “Maquis” was given by the office in Wellington of the delegate of the French National Committee of Liberation, M. de la Tribouille, m reply to an inquiry yesterday. The word “maquis” is from the Corsican dialect, and means bush or forest. In earlier days the brigands of Corsica had their lairs in the forests. When certain of the groups of the underground movement in France had to take refuge from the search made for them by the Nazis and Vichy French, they took refuge in the forests, and it was then that they adopted the name “Maquis” for their organization.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 234, 30 June 1944, Page 4
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125FRENCH “MAQUIS” Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 234, 30 June 1944, Page 4
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