AGAINST WILLS
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.
de gaulle resisted pressure at dakar majority support him
Rec. 7.30 p.m. London, sept. zi. General de Gaulle's headquarters at London said to-day that the operations at Dakar were never intended to become a naval or military action. General de Gaulle knew that a great majority of the population was resolved to rally to him, but Germ'an infiltration frustrated their object. German pressure forced the ; authorities to fire on General de Gaulle's forces. The Vichy correspondent of the Associated American Press says it is authoritatively stated that the Dakar incident is closed as far as the French are concerned unless it is reopened by the British. French Claim British Losses. It is announced at Vichy that the French submarine Bevezers torpedoed His Majesty's battleship Resolution (29,150 tons), which withdrew listing without firing. The battleship Richelieu fired her 14-inch guns, hitting His Majesty's battleship Barham (31,100 tons). French planes shot down a British plane spotting for naval guns. There is no truth in the report that the Renown was damaged in the bombing attack on Gibraltar, sayS an official London statement. The German news agency reports that Gibraltar's military barracks and other military objectives and anti-aircraft defences on the piers were destroyed. The Governor is reported to have ordered evacuation to prevent overcrowding of air raid shelters.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1940, Page 7
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