FREE FRENCH TROOPS
SYRIA PENETRATED
SIGNS OF LIVELY REACTION
(Rec. noon.)
LONDON, ,May 21
Free French troops are reported to have penetrated into Syria, states an independent French news agency dispatch from the Syrian frontier. Their strength and the conditions under which they crossed the frontier are unknown.
There are signs of lively reaction among the French garrison in Syria. This may lead to support for General de Gaulle's forces, although the utmost efforts are being made by Vichy to stiffen the resistance.
A Haifa message states that more German planes have arrived at Palmyra and Damascus aerodromes. British and Free French planes are reported, without loss, to have bombed parked German planes there, leaving huge fires. —U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 9
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