... whether the Canadians would continue as home defence troops England or join the B.E.F. in France. In a reference to the Flanders evacuation. Mr. Mackenzie King said the combined actions of the Allied armies, navies and air forces brought greater cause for ...

... THE EVACUATION “GREATEST PART OF TROOPS EMBARKED” Paris, June 2 To-night’s official French war communique states:— Since the order was given to them to fall back Dunkirk, French and British troops engaged on three fronts in the region from St. Omer to ...

... THE FLANDERS WITHDRAWAL PREMIERS REVIEW OF A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT OVER 335,000 MEN SAVED BUT “WARS NOT WON BY EVACUATIONS Cheers greeted the Prime Minister when he rose in the House of Commons yesterday to make his war statement. said; Ftom the moment the ...

... GERMAN EXPLANATION OF B.E.F. ESCAPE EVACUATION FACILITATED BY DENSE FOG COVER FOR “HEADLONG FLIGHT Berlin, May 31 Weather conditions over the Channel are hampering the operations of German aircraft against the evacuation of the 8.E.F., according to the official ...

... 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 ...

... Press Association. UNITED STATES PRAISE FOR ALLIED ARMIES “A DEFEAT, BUT NOT A DISASTER New York, May 31 Evacuation of the Allied Armies from Flanders is recounted at great length in the New York Press to-day. A despatch to the New York Times ” from Berlin ...

... The R.A.F.’s Part Only when the full story of the extrication of the B.E.F. from Flanders comes to written will it be possible to estimate accurately the share of each of the three Services in that grand feat of arms. Students of war will seek answers ...

... Foiled The German Army, foiled in its attack on Dunkirk by rising flood waters, which Allied engineers have loosed over the Flanders Plain, redoubled its efforts to-dav to cut off the French rearguard fighting its way to the coast. This force—part of General ...

... defenders kept the Germans at bay and prevented them from interfering with the evacuation except with their aircraft and heavy artillery. Some of the soldiers from Flanders are already on the front stretching from the Somme to the Rhine. Admiral Abriial ...

... with the R.A.M.C., who had specialised in heart operations for many years and had practised in London, has been killed in Flanders. His discoveries were hailed as among the most important in modern surgical research, and he perfected a treatment for grafting ...

... has reached me, together with a cheque for £lOO which the writer sends as a thankoffering for his son*s safe return from Flanders with the B.E.F. The request that his generous gift should be devoted to the relief of the sorely tried French people was ...

... Free Travel Warrants for Flanders Men Mr. Eden (Secretary for War), replying to Mr. Goldie (U.—Warrington), said instructions had been issued that free travelling warrants should be granted for the leave given to men evacuated from ports north of the Somme ...