The Archive · 1939

British Troops Land

In France

Paris, Aug. 27.

'Two thousand British' troops disembarked at Dieppe yesterday, making a total of 5,000 landed there within the last week, according to a reliable report received today from the Dieppe maritime station.

The morning newspapers "L'Ouevre" and "Lo Petit Journal," published to-Jday photographs purporting to portray "the first English troops arriving at} Dieppe aboard the Brighton."

From the distinguishing marks on their uniforms, the men in the photographs appear to be marines and colonials. The War Department declined to comment on the photographs or divulge any information relating, to the authenticity or the facts regarding British troops movements to any French port.—United Press, Franco-Italian Border

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