THE POLISH LEADER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24773, 25 November 1941, Page 8

THE POLISH LEADER

FAITH IN ALLIES' CAUSE MESSAGE TO MR CHURCHIU (Rec. 8.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 23. During his recent visit to Tobvuk. General Sikorsky, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army, sent the following message to Mr Churchill: " Be sure that the brotherhood of nations, born of battle, will give us victory. I have seen the manifest spiril of the R.A.F., and now the cool, unbreakable resistance so typical of the British Army. I take pride in the share of the glorious defence of this front-line fortress which has fallen to the lot of the Polish soldiers, and I see with pride dominion and Czechoslovak soldiers fighting under General Kropanski. From Tobruk I declare to you my invincible faith in our cause under your leadership, so farseeing and determined. Tobruk is our symbol of freedom and peace which will endure."

Mr Churchill, replying to the message, said: "Your Excellency's message, with its generous tribute to the British forces, is welcome. We are proud that Polish soldiers are now fighting under a gallant commander alongside the British forces. By their bearing in battle, as well as in preparation, they have worthily upheld the proud records of the Polish armies which fought in defence of their own home. In the struggle for victory, and thus for freedom of their country and for lasting peace, they are playing a proud part."