GLORIOUS FRANCE.
MESSAGE TO WOMENFOLK. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 14. “To the women in France—of the heroic, glorious France which is defending at this moment not only her own soil, but the liberty of the whole world —I wish to express to-night the feeling of affection and admiration which their suffering and courage awakes in our hearts,” stated the Queen in her broadcast to the women of France. “We pay a tribute to the leaders and soldiers of the French Army, who arc fighting with energy and tenacity which have never been equalled in history. But we are thinking also of French women who are following with heartfelt suspense the course of this immense battle in which their sons, husbands, and brothers are engaged. To those women I wish to say just this, that their sorrows are our sorrows.” Her Majesty referred to her visits to Freucli soldiers in hospitals in Britain after the evacuation of Dunkirk, and to their courage and cheerfulness. “To each of them,” said Her Majesty, “I spoke in French and all of them, seven most seriously wounded, answered cheerfully: “Ca Va.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 169, 17 June 1940, Page 8
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