French troop transport General Lassariere seized according to the Dutch newspaper Limburger Koerier dated 13 June 1940

An item dated Madrid 12 June reported that the French troop transport General Lassariere chased by an Italian submarine sought refugee in the port of Alicante. She was with 700 Senegalese soldiers underway from Oran to Marseille. Ship and troops were temporarily interned.