HEROIC POLES.
NEARLY 2000 MOWN DOWN. BEP.XE, June 20. French officers who have reached the Swiss frontier praise tlie heroism of 2000 Polish troops who sacrificed themselves in covering the retreat of civilians. ' The Poles took up positions at Charquemont, near the Swiss frontier, and launched an .attack against advancing German tanks, at which they flung bottles of petrol, setting them on fire. The majority of the Poles were killed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 146, 21 June 1940, Page 8
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