GENERAL DE GAULLE

Grey River Argus, 10 September 1940, Page 6

GENERAL DE GAULLE

LONDON RECRUITS. LONDON, September 6. Frenchmen from all parts of the work! are flocking to General de Gaulle's banner in such numbers that to-morrow larger recruiting ot~ rfj.ces ar e to be opened in London. Recruits are coming from as far afield as thn United States, Canada, and French possessions in the Far East. To assist in recruiting centres ar? also being opened in a large number of places in America, including New York, and in Brazil and Venezuela, A communique issued by General De Gaulle’s headquarters spok c -of the “numerous French colonies” following the example of the ChadTerritory, in declaring allegiance to free France, “From this moment onwaid,” the communique continues, “the blockade is raised so far as these free French colonies arc concerned, and once mor e they breathe freely under the protection of tim 1 free French forces and their Allies” It. is stated that General de Guall? will r.iak,n h : s first public speech nt Britain at a luncheon to be given ?n his honour bv the English-Speaking Union, early in October The Gibraltar correspondent of the British United Press states that reports of Ihn arrival of French aeroplanes there should b £ treated with caution. An average of two or tnree have arrived weekly since thp capitulation, but reports that 10 arrived this week are untrue. About 18 have so far arrived, though it is reliably renorted from Morocco that many pilots are very anxious to join General d. ; Gaulle.