Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
There was better news in November 1940 when the FFF achieved victory at the [[Battle of Gabon]] (or Battle of Libreville) under the very skilled General [[Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque]] (General Leclerc). De Gaulle personally surveyed the situation in Chad, the first African colony to join Free France, located on the southern border of Libya, and the battle resulted in free French forces taking [[Libreville]], Gabon.