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Hazardous Journey By Soldiers (Rec. 8.30 p.m.) RUGBY, May 6. During his speech in the House of Commons, Mr Anthony Eden told the story of two British soldiers who had been captured in Northern France and were transferred to a prison camp in East Prussia. From that camp they escaped and travelled all through Poland, across Hungary, through Yugoslavia and through Greece to Athens. They could speak no word of any language but their own. Mr Eden said: “They are at this moment, I believe, with' their units in the Western Desert in Egypt. That Journey was not only a fine feat by the men concerned but it was only made possible because in each one of those countries there are thousands, nay millions, of people longing for the opportunity to help the British to victory because Hitler, though he may rule the minds of these people, cannot rule their hearts.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21957, 8 May 1941, Page 5
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154ESCAPED FROM PRUSSIA Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21957, 8 May 1941, Page 5
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