 In December 1943, Comet Line leader Antoine d’Ursel and American pilot James F. Burch were drowned while attempting to cross the river.Elvire crossed the border four times to convey intelligence about the Germans to the British in Bilbao.Her daughter Janine, only 16 years old, made four visits to Paris in 1942 to assist Andree de Jongh in escorting evacuees from Paris by train to the border of Spain.