The Archive · 1941

Unavailing Bravery

This var he undoubtedly brought forth degree of here which hat nolan equated iitgaa struggles and the manner which mea tremen and cidren stand wp fo thie felons, Thaker one. wonder just where te the nit Roman braver en rave dealt to almmntle time bom, mires era ile tallering debris tovsdminiier drags fo Tov te sufeiogy of those' awaiting Teseus, Women sileld the che ren with thei bodies nganst bomb splinters all done tin the ordinnty courte of things. Bul postbly no'dlplay of hero lam lis Hind Sich onan tat ofa tron Whose tale is told by Stanley Baron in the News not know his name, cannot mention his regiment, Nor would Ie thank me If 1 could Ait he got for an act of Indubitable herolsry way South-East "town, Range Found black object drifting by the harbour wal.

ran' and dived, exme up close beside it and vern into ich @ petition dat by' pushing de> Teately: with his palms and bracing. Ws fect ocfaslonaily against' the wall he was. able, i each Save "washed the threatened terror closer, 10 Tend 1 of 9 Meanwhile, he yelled for help and was at last "Osis said the hel wall) "watcher think peering down fron the ing, wth that there British Foreign Legions cops im the erty Bardia which, inthe The gallant part played: by the Free French

words of Mf Eyal at yesterday's" reunion. be-Leen menibers of the United Service. Associ lion andthe supporters of the de Gaulle move: mont in Shunghat, has enabled "every Frenehyan, wherever. te isto ift'up hiv head for be too strongly emphasized, On the various ranson which the Empire ix Aghiing. the tattle of world freedom, there are assistants From: mations "which, have suffered. temporary Soteat by the Nacis, who oro proving by tele Seloue ud even recklessness that their coun-ice may have Tost'a battle, but they have Not Tost) the, ware One. of the most remarkable forts of assistance to the Allied cases. that feng given in the ait, Poles and. Cacchs, who {ev months ago spoke hardly a word of Bnglsh frve been risking their lives in the defence London and. have nightly been tinting the Katto deliver heavy blows to Germany It Bit Free Frenchmen have been formed into Special squadrons, whose ultimate object fe the ifberation of thei country. Wherever. pesable rheae squadrons have beet sent to parts of the rear battle front where Feo French troops a Sperating, sind. Urey. have done' great. "work. 'Though the United Slates remains neutral, there is's large American "foreign-Yegion of the air Titing-ske by side with the HA. In the do-Fence" the ideals' which all-good' Americans, fell a2 Britns, hold dear. Many of these americans who. have Joined the RAR. are kite: pilotr who are thoroughly amit with the American machines which are creasingly adding to the strength of the RAF. They have had to pass the still tests chelated by the TLA.F. before they, were granted their *winge;" but inthe majority of eases this has been mere formality. Another branch of Torelgn legions" assisting In the war inst Nazi tyranny Is composed of Norwegian fand Dutch seamen. This Is-a branch which Tits heard of, but these men have expert know= ledge of their own coasts and know the trlencies of the various channels along which German shipping may be moving. Though not airmen, these men have proved of invaluable assistance to the Cosstal Command, having been Able to direct patrols to the place where they could do most good. They have saved an enorm-fous amount of waste In the effort to cover the huge area which the Coastal Command has had patrol. Their knowledge of the harbours which have now come to be known as "invasion bases" has enabled bombers to go directly to the most vulnerable spots and to do the great-fest damage at the most vital places. The records: ff some of these "foreign legion" squadrons are Femnrkable. One Polish squadron, after, having, mastered the controls of the Hurricane through the medium of Interpreters, shot down 71 Naxis eighteen days. A Czech squadron has been taking ps ug alr war in the Western Desert against the Tialians, even though it principally with the Germans that the Czechs have their quarrel. All these diverse natlonall-{Hes are contributing well, to the common cause, and when victory comes, their reward will be the restoration of their countries, at present tunder the Nazi Nec}, to a freedom which, It be hoped, will never again be threatened.

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