The decision of Equatorial Attica and the Cameroons, "together with ihe similar action of Chad on Monday, puts General de Gaulle at the head of more than 1.000000 square miles of territory which, with British Nigeria and the Sudan, forms a solid bulwark' across Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
Marshal Philippe Petain, the Pre mier of France. yesterday recalled the Governors-General of Chad, the Cameroons and New Caledonia, the latter of which has also declared its Intention to continue the war against Germany, according to reliable reports "On August 20," General de Gaulle declared, "Chad territory rallied to the "free French forces upon. the initiative of its Governor and military commander. On August 27, the Cameroons, in an immense movement of faith, order and discipline, spontaneously put itself under the direction of my representatives,—Yesterday. at Brazzaville, the capital of French Equatorial Afeica, my representative, acclaimed by' the entire population and obeyed by all the {roops, assumed civil military powers.
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