FRENCH SQUADRON
VISIT TO ENGLAND
FIRST SINCE THE WAR
(British Official Wireless.)
EU6BY, 30th May. A French naval squadron reached Spithead at mid-day, in brilliant weather, on a five days' visit at the invitation of the British Admiralty and the municipality of Portsmouth. They were greeted by thousands of spectators ashore and afloat, ,and on reaching their allotted positions fired a salute, to which the shore batteries replied.
This is the first visit by a French squadron since the war.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270531.2.65
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 9
Word Count
80FRENCH SQUADRON Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.