FRENCH MOBILIZATION.—At the height of the European crisis France issued a decree of immediate mobilization of a number of special classes of reservists. They were men with special training for frontier defence and internal services. The top picture shows some of the reservists fitting themselves with uniforms from piles on the floor of a garage. Below a column of poilus is shown marching through a village near the German frontier as it makes its way to its allotted position.
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Southland Times, Issue 23648, 25 October 1938, Page 8
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79FRENCH MOBILIZATION.—At the height of the European crisis France issued a decree of immediate mobilization of a number of special classes of reservists. They were men with special training for frontier defence and internal services. The top picture shows some of the reservists fitting themselves with uniforms from piles on the floor of a garage. Below a column of poilus is shown marching through a village near the German frontier as it makes its way to its allotted position. Southland Times, Issue 23648, 25 October 1938, Page 8
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