DEFENCE OF DAKAR
PREPARATIONS IN PROGRESS SIERRA LEONE BORDER London, Oct. 20. Native troops in French Guinea are reported to be preparing defence positions along the Sierra Leone border against a possible Allied advance against Dakar from Freetown, says the Madrid correspondent of the “Daily Mail.” Observers point out that a land assault against Dakar through French Guinea and Senegal would be resisted mainly by natives, lacking tanks. Intensive training of new Senegalese battalions has been in progress for the last 18 months. It seems fairly obvious that Marshal Petain’s recent conferences with military and naval officials were concerned with the defence of Dakar.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 22 October 1942, Page 5
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104DEFENCE OF DAKAR Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 22 October 1942, Page 5
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