FREE CHOICE BY FRENCHMEN.
JOIN GENERAL; DE GAULLE.
B.O.W.
RUGBY, Oct. 12.
Threcquarters of the Diego Suarez gairison who fought the British are. now fighting for the Allies. To-day 950 of these French officers and men are numbered among the Fighting French. Of the survivors of the garrison half . joined Generai de Gaulie immediately. Of the remaining half who were brought to Britain a half have since joined Generai de Gaulle, making threequarters of the survivors of the garrison. They were entirely free to make a choice between jodning the Allies and applying for repatriatipn to France. No pressure was exerted upon them.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 242, 14 October 1942, Page 2
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103FREE CHOICE BY FRENCHMEN. Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 242, 14 October 1942, Page 2
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