FRENCH MUTINY
IN DISCIPLINARY CAMP. STARVED INTO SURRENDER. BARRICADED IN A CAFE, v (United Press Association—Copyright.)' (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) , PARIS, April 6. The War Ministry reveals that 40 Poilus in a disciplinary, camp at the island of C# >ron mutinied on March 20. They entered a cafe, barricaded the doors, and sang ditties insulting to the officers. In order to prevent bloodshed the officers had the cafe surrounded and invited the malcontents to sur-, render.
Many complied. The ringleaders, who were ex-naval men concerned in a former mutiny at Calvi, were starved into submission in three days.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 150, 7 April 1930, Page 5
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