de Gaulle as Leader of Free French People Gibraltar, June 29.
Travellers from Casablanca yesterday reported that. six French cruisers, 20 armed trawlers and mine sweepers and about 60 tankers, transports and other vessels were there, besides the 21 submarines re-Ported earlier.
An uncompleted battleship, the Jean Bart, with only four of its guns mounted, was also said to have arrived at Casa Blanca after having been towed there from Brest.
Refugees said the former French Premier, M. Edouard Daladier, and three other former French Government officials were aboard the liner Massiglia at Casa Blanca. The ship was heavily guarded by Senegalese troops, they said.
The Commander-in-Chief of the French Middle East Forces, General Auguste Negus was reliably reported io have advised M. Daladier not to leave the liner.—United Press.
Britain Recognizes de Gaulle London, June 29. Great Britain has decided to res cognize General de Gaulle, who re. cently formed a French National Committee in London for the purpose of carrying on the war against ihe Axis Powers, The official announcement on the subject, issued last night, said; "The Government recognizes General de Gaulle as leader of all free Frenchmen, wherever they may be, who rally to him in support of the Allied cause."
General de Gaulle was Under-Secretary for War in the Reynaud Cabinet, and one of few French military leaders who foresaw the German tactics of using mass formation of tanks and aircraft.
Since his formation of the Committee, he has received numerous pledges of support from French communities in nearly all parts of the French Empire—Reuter,
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