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Show TWO FAIL IN "t.. CHANNEL SWIM j DOVER, England, Aug. 5.-(Iir) lieaten by the fides and icy waters i of the English channel, Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Cyril Freyherfe, V. C, was forced lo abandou au attempt at-tempt to swim from France to. England Eng-land today within a mile and a half of his goal. .t At one time, Colonel Freyberg, a world war hero who was nine times wounded and won many decorations at Gallipoli, was within a mile of the cliffs east of Dover. Shortly after the British officer began his attempt, Mme. Jane Siou, French woman, who started to swim from Gris Nez Tuescday morning, was forced to give up, only three kilometers from Dover, overcome with cold. . , I She had succeeded in establishing u record for women who have es- ; nyed the channel swim. |