Cika wannan jumla: A lokacin da
Bayan Armistice, ya kasance jami'in sadarwa a kan jirgin HMS "Warspite" kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin sasantawa mai mahimmanci tsakanin Admiral Andrew Cunningham da Admiral René-Émile Godfroy don makomar Force X, ya zama babban masanin haɗin gwiwar da aka sanya hannu tsakanin manyan jami'an biyu, wanda ya yanke shawara kan matsayin rundunar sojojin Faransa a Alexandria. Daga nan sai ya tafi London don shiga sojojin Free France, ya isa ranar 20 ga Yuli, 1940.