UNTIL VICTORY
PROSECUTION OF WAR 14,000,000 FREE FRENCH STANDING WITH BRITAIN (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Oct. 12. The leader of the Free French Forces, General de Gaulle, sent the following telegram to the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, from Duala: — “From French soil over which the enemy has no control I send you and the valiant peoples of the British Empire an expression of complete confidence and faithful friendship from 14,000,000 Frenchmen or French subjects already bound to me for the prosecution of the war by the side of the Allies until final victory.”
Mr. Churchill replied: “I received your telegram with great pleasure and I send my best wishes to you and all other Frenchmen who are resolved to fight on with us. We shall stand resolutely together until all obstacles are overcome and we share in the triumph of our cause.” It is reported that the French community in South Africa has decided unanimously to support General dc Gaulle and that an organisation has been formed to collect funds* to send men to join the Free French Forces.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20377, 14 October 1940, Page 7
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