Show czech foreign legion reborn recalling 1917 siberian march the czech foreign PRAGUE legion lives again famed for its mile trek across russia and siberia during the world war the legion is again carrying czecho slovakian slova kias banner of independence pen dence in an undercover under cover plot to recapture the fatherland from germany in 1916 czech troops which deserted to russia f from rom the austro german front were finally forced to flee halfway half way round the world before th they ey auld a uld return home through friendly territory this time deserted to poland under leadership of a veteran of the russian trek gen lev Pr chala there while the folks back in czechoslovakia czecho slovakia watch excitedly cit edly they are drilling strong against the day when their homeland can be free last march when germany marched in hundreds of czech army officers and men some of them with equipment fled to the vicinity of cracow chacow poland in the far eastern Car patho ukraine gen led his men ina hopeless battle against the hungarians Hung arians a nazi ukrainian organization and a frightened central prague government realizing it was a futile fight he disbanded his alia men sent some to poland and me to L rumania and went back to blague ag u e to watch the proceedings the th he h e czech foreign legion was thus born bom and a few weeks later gen joined his men in poland reliable reports indicate the legion is growing rapidly from at al gen lev Pr chala veteran of the siberian trek who now com maids czech legionnaires dral ing in poland most every czech village youths are mysteriously disappearing crawling through the border and appearing in cracow chacow a few days later each volunteer receives the equivalent of what the legion will ultimately gain by this apparently futile ma heuver is hard bard to visualize but legionnaires are content merely to try hoping the day may come when their added strength may turn the tide against germany in the war they believe is inevitable on that thai day they believe the independent czechoslovakia czecho slovakia will be e burn born |