Fighting France

Praise for the Pacific Battalion of Fighting France

GENERAL de Gaulle sent the following radiogram to the French High Com missioner in New Caledonia.

“I have pleasure in announcing that the Pacific Battalion covered themselves with glory in the Bir-Hakeim battle of the Libyan campaign. . . . Their con duct and fidelity on that critical occa sion are among the brilliant episodes of this war.”

Mrs. Maddox, wife of the Chairman of the Samoa District of the Methodist Overseas Mission, has arrived in Sydney, after numerous delays en route. She and her four sons will make their home in Dubbo, NSW.