THE CZECH LEGION
ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND KEEN TO CONTINUE FIGHT (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, July 8. (Received July 9, at 8 p.m.) The Czechoslovak Legion has arrived in Britain from France. Among them are a number of French aviators. The Czechs were disarmed by the French before being allowed to leave the country and have arrived with hardly any equipment. General Rudolf Viest. who is in command, said that their spirits were high and the morale excellent. "The fact that they have come here proves that they are as eager as ever to continue the fight," he added.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24346, 10 July 1940, Page 7
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