HEROISM OF POLISH TROOPS
(Received June 20, 9.40 p.m.) BERNE. June 20. French officers reaching the Swiss frontier praise the heroism of 2000 Polish troops, who sacrificed themselves covering the retreat of civilians. The Poles took up positions at Charquemont, near the Swiss frontier, and launched an attack against advancing German tanks, at which they flung bottles of petrol which set the tanks on fire. The majority of the Poles were killed.
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Southland Times, Issue 24158, 21 June 1940, Page 7
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