GAULLE Charles de. 2 L. A. S., Warsaw 20 and 26 December 1920, to Mr and Mrs Jacques VENDROUX in Calais; 4 pages in-12 each, envelope to the 1st with ink stamp of the French Military Mission in Poland. To his future parents-in-law. [Charles de Gaulle married Yvonne Vendroux on 6 April 1921 in Calais.] Warsaw, 20 December 1920, to Mme Jacques Vendroux (née Marguerite Forest). "It is impossible for me to tell you how moved I was by your letter. By showing me your immense tenderness for Yvonne, it has also shown me what a heavy sacrifice it will be for you and for her Papa, to separate you from her". Her return is set for 10 January. "General Niessel had told me as soon as I returned from Paris, and repeated several times since, that he understood perfectly well the extent of the sacrifice he was asking of me, but that there were sufficiently serious general interests at stake for me to make it. He had just arrived in Poland. He had to make contact with people and things that I know particularly well, and this at a very critical time for poor Poland. The reward will be all the sweeter, is it not true, dear Madam, that it will have been more dearly bought? Warsaw, 26 December 1920, to her "dear parents": "It is with all my respectful affection, very sincere and already deep, that I send you, my dear parents (allow me to give you this name), my New Year's greetings. As I enter this new year, I am filled with immense gratitude, thinking of the treasure you have agreed to give me. This gratitude will last as long as I live. [...] I will have spent the last two months of 1920 very sadly. Never has exile seemed more melancholy and for more dear reasons. It has to be said, moreover, that poor Poland is always very worried and very much to be pitied. When I leave her for good, I shall take with me as a summary of my impressions that it will be very difficult to keep her alive"... LNC, I, p. 509-510. Enclosed is the card announcing the engagement [11 November 1920]: Monsieur & Madame Jacques Vendroux have the honour of informing you of the engagement of their daughter Mademoiselle Yvonne Vendroux to Captain de Gaulle.