ESCAPED FRENCH BOYS DRINK CHAMPAGNE WITH BRITISH PREMIER: Five French youths, all in their ’teens, escaped from occupied France in two flimsy canoes. It took them 30 hours to reach the English south coast, and they had to dodge German E-boats and aircraft. Their brave escapade was brought to the notice of Mr Winston Churchill, and the British Premier invited them to come and see him at his official London residence. No. 10 Downing Street. In the garden of this historic house the Prime Minister and Mrs Churchill talked to the boys. Mr Churchill called for a bottle of champagne and they all drank the toast of “Vive la France.” The boys have joined General de Gaulle’s forces.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 6 October 1942, Page 3
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118ESCAPED FRENCH BOYS DRINK CHAMPAGNE WITH BRITISH PREMIER: Five French youths, all in their ’teens, escaped from occupied France in two flimsy canoes. It took them 30 hours to reach the English south coast, and they had to dodge German E-boats and aircraft. Their brave escapade was brought to the notice of Mr Winston Churchill, and the British Premier invited them to come and see him at his official London residence. No. 10 Downing Street. In the garden of this historic house the Prime Minister and Mrs Churchill talked to the boys. Mr Churchill called for a bottle of champagne and they all drank the toast of “Vive la France.” The boys have joined General de Gaulle’s forces. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 6 October 1942, Page 3
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