CZECH REGIMENT
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION FORMATION IN ALGERIA PARIS, July 25 An entirely Czech regiment of the French Foreign Legion is being formed nt Sidi-bel-Abbes, Algeria. Six hundred former officers and soldiers have already formed the nucleus of the regiment. Negotiations arc .also proceeding for the transfer from Poland of more than 4000 Czech ex-army men to Africa. Fifty-six Czech aviators are already in the Legion air force. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23411, 29 July 1939, Page 13
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68CZECH REGIMENT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23411, 29 July 1939, Page 13
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