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SABOTAGE IN BELGIUM
Exploits of an Australian
Mr. L. Y. Watson of Burnie, has re
ceived, an interesting story of the ex
ploits of one of his nephews, Mr. Les
lie Price, who recently arrived in Eng
land after a series of amazing adven
tures in Europe.
Mr. Price remained in Belgium after
the last war, and married a Belgian girl,
who died in 1930. He was a successful
farmer. His troubles commenced on
May 5, 1940, when 14 German bombs
destroyed his cattle and wrecked his
home. Price and his two sons, aged 16
and 21, joined the thousands of refu
gees stampeding across France. Father
and sons were eventually sent to a pri
son camp, but all three escaped.
Relating his adventures to a press
representative in London, Price said
that for nine months, with many former
Belgian soldiers, he pin-pricked the
Germans. Dressed as peasants, they
spied during the day, and after dark
cut telephone wires, knifed sentries,
damaged petrol dumps, stole breech
blocks from guns and bolts from rifles
and blew up train rails with jamtin
bombs. On one occasion they set on
fire two big bombers which were poor
ly guarded. Many times they assisted
British soldiers to escape from France.
Eventually he walked to Marseilles
but could not obtain assistance from
the U.S. Consul, who doubted his na
tionality. He headed for Spain, but
was caught by the French police and
sent to a prison camp, where 400 Brit
ish soldiers were living a dog's life. He
said that in this camp the French sol
diers were more brutal than the German
soldiers.
Escaping from this camp, Price
reached the Spanish border, but was
again caught and thrown into a Span
ish prison. He became a forced laborer
under terrible conditions. Finally his
release was obtained, along with
others, by the British authorities, and
he was taken to Gibraltar, and later
to London.
He said his sons were still saboteurs
in Belgium, operating under false
names. After the war he proposes to
come with them to Australia.
Mr Price's father resides at Fair
field, Sydney, where his mother, who
was Mr. Watson's sister, died some
years ago.
ANKARA. Wednesday. - It is officially
stated that Britain has expressed deep re
gret for the bombing of Milas on Monday.
The R.A.F. raided Rhodes the same night
when visibility was poor.
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