"SACRED DUTY TO FIGHT"

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24278, 8 June 1944, Page 3

"SACRED DUTY TO FIGHT"

INSTRUCTIONS TO FRENCHMEN ! GENERAL DE GAULLE | BROADCASTS Oiec. 1 a.m.) LONDON, June 7. Tot 1 sons of France, wherever and Whoever they may be. there is a simple and sacred duty—to fight with all the means at their disposal. The aKnsj must be destroyed,” said General dh;Gaulle. broadcasting to France. Dtehring that France would fight (if tattle with fury. General de Gaulle instructed Frenchmen to follow the orders of the French Government and of the French local leaders entitled to jive orders in the name of the Government. He emphasised the necessity Iff co-operating with the Allies. The armies’ action,” he said, “will be hard and long. This means that actions of resistance must be kept up and continue growing until the moment the Gtrmans are routed. Frenchmen must forestall all attempts to lock them up or deport them. Anything is better thaii being put out of action Without a fight. The battle for France has begun. Throughout the nation there is one and the same wish.” U.S. NAVAL AND AIR LOSSES WASHINGTON. June 6. Mr Roosevelt told a press conference in Washington that the invasion was “up to schedule.” Mr Roosevelt said that until noon, Washington time, bn Monday, American naval loss'es in the invasion consisted of two destroyers and one landing craft. The total air losses were 1 per cent., which was "relatively light.” He added that a great deal of information was coming from the invasion fronts.

The correspondent of the Associated Press said that the President's manner indicated that the news was favourible.