LEGIONNAIRES DESERT
Si^ty-seven members of the Foreign Legion, who were transported from North Africa to the Saar, at the expense of the French War Ministry, to vote in the plebiscite, have, according to the. "Jour," deserted and joined the Reichswehr. The paper states that in all 81 Legionaries, who had the right to vote in the plebiscite, were taken to Forbach, on the French side of the frontier, and quartered in the barracks of the Bth Light Infantry battalion. Twoi days before the plebiscite six jtien deserted. The other 75, Who were given civilian clothes to go to Saarbrucken, were approached by German propaganda agents as soon as they crossed the frontier. They were offered a higher rank in the Reichswehr than that which they held in the Foreign Legion, the "Jour" states and also a premium of £400 each. Only eight of the 75 Legionaries who went to vote iresisted the German offer and returned to the Legion.
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Evening Post, Issue 52, 2 March 1935, Page 6
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159LEGIONNAIRES DESERT Evening Post, Issue 52, 2 March 1935, Page 6
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