... for days off. will be suggested to employers by bhe Ministry of Labour. Britain’s losses material suffered in the evacuations of Flanders and ranee have been made good. Employers not engaged on war work have taken advantage of the situation to cancel all ...

... district, in which Major West was a popular figure. Stratford-on-Avon rural district figured in the re-evacuation on Sunday of London children originally evacuated to East coast areas now deemed unsafe. The rural district was asked to accept 290 children and ...

... Northern France and Flanders. Every tribute was more than justified. The valiant dead shall be mourned while memory lasts. But the nation stiffens its sinews it reads the Prime Minister’s solemn reminder: Ware arc not won by evacuations.” confront a reality ...

... the area in landing supplies and in the work of evacuation. British and French troops are reported to be still heroically holding on in Calais. Amplifying his earlier statement on the operations in Flanders, the French War Office spokesman said that the ...

... long,” and Look out, Hitler. We haven’t started on you yet.” HOW THE BOYS CAME HOME - Weary jrom their days in the hell of Flanders these lads of the B.E.F. have come home, cheerful and in good heart. These • itMf*’ pictures give some idea of the welcome ...

... the Birmingham Senior Cup (kick-off' 6.30). B.E.F. Man May Play For Blues DEVEY RETURNS FROM FLANDERS Amongst the many thousands safely evacuated from Flanders was Raymond Devey, the young centre halfback of Birmingham F.C., and in the event of him being ...

... Trek Through Brussels There is no question yet of an official evacuation of Brussels, but messages from the Belgian capital tell of streams of refugees passing through the city from the Provinces of Liege and Namur. The refugees, carrying their possessions ...

... now also come under the care of the Red Cross and St. John War Organisation. All stores and ambulances lost in the evacuation from Flanders and France have been replaced, and there has been built up for use at home a fleet of ambulances to supplement the ...

... Paris state that the evacuation was without precedent in military history. Even up to three days ago it was thought that it would not be possible to evacuate more than 100,000 men. German headquarters, in a survey of the Flanders fighting, give their ...

... RAHWAY COMPANIES’ GOOD WORK The work of the railway companies during the evacuation of the British Ex|ieditiouary Force from Flanders won the admiration and thanks of the whole country. The Southern Railway boro the main burden, but credit is also due ...

... enemy is proceeding. The development of the new Local Defence Volunteers, the plans for the evacuation of children from the coastal regions opposite France and Flanders, the drive against the Fifth Column,” and other administrative changes are all evidence ...

... IRON It was revealed in London yesterday that the crew of a British ship ironed the clothes of nurses whom they evacuated from the Flanders coast. The ship had made its third trip across the North Sea then it picked up a party of hospital nurses who were ...