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BRITAIN AND FRANCE. ALLIES TO THE FINISH. . INSEPARABLE BONDS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received. June 8, 9.25 a.m. RUGBY, June 7. The weekly Press stresses the unity of Britain and France in facing the new attack by Germany. ■' '' The Spectator says that when. Mr Churchill said on Tuesday, that, if necessary, Britain would fight on alone he was using the strongest language at his command to assure France that never under any circumstances could ive desert her. In the unforgettable experience of the past three weeks tlie Allied Armies had fought and died togethei. The bulk of those in Flanders had found salvation on English soil through tlie effort of one another’s Navies and Air Forces lavished without distinction in the same great cause. A new. unity had been forged between Britain and France as a new unity had been forged among all sections anti classes of the community at home. ’ “We are ready for whatever may come to us,” adds tin. journal. “It will‘he a small tiling beside what the men in Flanders have been bearing.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 162, 8 June 1940, Page 7
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