The Archive · 1940

French Begin Trek Out of Lorraine

Moving Scenes Witnessec As 6,000 Exiles Start Enforced Migration

~"Lyetis; Novi 1!

Moving scenes have been witness? here at the railway station, through which 6000 French exiles from Lor-rame have been pessing daily sine November 11 on their way to the "unoccupied" regions of France.

A large majority of the exiles orminated from districts bordering the former Franco-German border in 1914

1 them had to lo-ye within a few hours and were unable to take her belongings with them.

Touching scenes occurred on the rival of the tr-ins filled with refugees. The carriages were decorate? with huge French flags adorned with ^he Cros: of Lorraine, as worn by Joan of Are, herself a native of, Lor Swarms of Red Cross officials cared for the refugees, while répretentatives of the Government directed the exiles to various departments in south and south-west France.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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