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THE B.E.F. COMES ASHORE: Scenes at a South-east Coast Port

... With the quays packed with naval vessels lying moored three deep, further vessels continue to arrive full of troops from Flanders. These men are getting their first sight of England after withstanding almost superhuman hardships in their long battle ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 176 | Page: 5 | Tags: Photographs 

THE LAST PHASES at DUNKIRK: Scenes During the Retreat to the Coast; and in the City of Dunkirk Itself

... SpOT ON THEIR WAY TO THE DOCKS DUNKIRK -THE HARBOUR THE PALL OF SMOKE OVER THE DOOMED CITY WAS CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THE EVACUATION AS THE ENEMY AIR FORCE AND LAND ARTILLERY SOUGHT TO ENCOMPASS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALLIES ON THEIR WAY TO THE BEACHES ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 273 | Page: 8 | Tags: Photographs 

PREPARING FOR WAR ON THE HOME FRONT

... TYPICAL SCENE ON A BRITISH ROAD It has been stated that, as a result of the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk, a quantity of war material had to be left behind In Flanders. Despite this the roads of England seem to be humming with war activities of ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 816 | Page: 7 | Tags: Photographs 

BRITAIN--A Country United: Now That the Enemy is at the Threshold, This is What the Nation is Doing to Counter ..

... officers and men who fought in Flanders and more recently in France. All of them state that refugees were the greatest menace and hindrance, which is why I welcome the expectation of the Government announcement of compulsory evacuation plans. In their numbers ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1579 | Page: 16 | Tags: Photographs 

Round the New Shows: At the Theatre

... cabaret at Le Meurice. SCHOOLBOY DRAMATICS: First to amuse themselves and then to help a good cause boys of Westminster School evacuated to Devon got up a revue called Go To It, which proved so popular that it was given at the Rudolph Steiner Hall, in aid of ...

The Passing Hour: Wartime Comments and Asides

... Prime Minister rose to his greatest heights of oratory, unsurpassed even by himself, when he described the miracle of the evacuation of Dunkirk. He was especially moving and noble in his tribute to the few thousand airmen who made the miracle possible by ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2030 | Page: 5 | Tags: Photographs 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. XLI

... epic evacuation of the B.E.F. and French troops from Dunkirk, being towed up the river. Two-seater motor boats and small river yachts, slender and frail, returned after days of bombing and bombardment while they brought back the men from Flanders. Now ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2013 | Page: 4 | Tags: Photographs 

The Passing Hour: Wartime Comments and Asides

... of his impending surrender. I do not know whether he gave any more hours than ex-King Leopold gave to General Blanchard in Flanders. But I do not think that he gave Mr. Churchill very much time in which to re-orientate his entire plans. After all, it is ...

Published: Wednesday 26 June 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1948 | Page: 6 | Tags: Photographs 

PARASHOTS THE TASKS BEFORE THE NEW IRONSIDES

... PARASHOTS: THE TASKS BEFORE THE NEW IRONSIDES UNDISTURBED by the strenuous operations of the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders, the work of Home Defence has been steadily going on. The main defence of Great Britain will be the special armed bodies ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1723 | Page: 25 | Tags: Photographs