Some French know how to fight.
On 1 February 1943 General LeClerc brought his meagre forces,under constant attack by German forces, from Lake Chad to join Montgomery at Tripoli. He was handed over to a Supply Officer (later General Sir Charles Richardson) who sought to ascertain the re-equipment necessary to enable the French to continue fighting.
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"And he produced the tiniest piece of paper,notepaper, I've ever seen - the only bit he'd been able to keep for 2000 miles or whatever.
He looked at this and said "Deux Camions / Cinq Mitrailleuses" and so it went on - very modest indeed"