G.O.C. WELL SATISFIED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 143, 14 December 1942, Page 5

G.O.C. WELL SATISFIED

FRENCH CO-OPERATION

NEW YORK, December it j The Office of War Information, Washington, said that the campaign in North Africa is being aided by tens of thousands of French colonial troops, j The "dreaded sharp-shooting, bolo-! wielding Senegalese" who have joined: the United Nations forces are the most feared and effective soldiers in modern warfare. At least 50,000 were in Dakar alone when the port was handed over to the Allies. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says: "General Eisenhower is well satisfied with the co-operation of the French officers and native troops, according to military circles here, who point out that the local assistance has been extremely important, inasmuch as most of the American officers were only academically acquainted with the occupied terrain. The potential scope of the French military co-operation is indicated by the number of French troops in North Africa—estimated at 300,000 —and also the fact that French forces moved early into Tunisia, suffering 20 to 30 per cent, casualties. "Informed circles expect that the visit to* London of Admiral d'Argenlieu (Fighting French Commissioner jn the Pacific) will remove the political' differences between the Fighting French and the White House regarding Admiral Darlan."