... 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 as it reads the Prime Minister's solemn reminder: Wars are not won by evacuations. We confront a ...

... arriving in their thousands, and it is hoped that most of the B.E.F. may be evacuated, although the difficulties and dangers increase every hour. As it is, this mass evacuation is a stupendous feat, only made possible by the dauntless efficiency of the ...

... girls with eyes alight with excitement, each carrying a neat rucksack, gasmask, and small suitcase. They were children being evacuated to a' place of greater safety than a port so near the field of battle. As the trains, loaded with children, palled out of ...

... at eONTINUCO next column. CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING COLUMN. English port guarded with care souvenirs of the hectic days in Flanders. One man carried German officer’s sword; second an enemy bayonet, and third a Nazi officer’s revolver. The present owner ...

... four-fifths of the nine divisions of the British Expeditionary Force besides tens of thousands of French troops have been evacuated and brought to safety. That, indeed, is a mighty achievement which can hardly have parallel in the history of warfare. Yet ...

... an almost hopeless position. In looking at this heroic evacuation, we must not forget that there can be victory in retreat. With the defection of the Belgian King, the British forces in Flanders, together with supporting French troops, found themselves ...

... defences of the country. They played a creditable part in the recent operation in Flanders and France. They formed part of the rearguard which defended Boulogne during the evacuation, and also took part in the defence of Dunkirk. DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF FRENCH ARMAMENTS ...

... armies hammered at Nancy and Epinal. The Third Army went through Dinant, Mezieres, and across the River Aisne. Soon Lille was evacuated. the French Army ; battalions were cut to pieces. Gun crews fought until no one was left to put shell in breach. Rhelms and ...

... relieved this week to receive letter from his son Harry, who is now Somewhere in England after experiencing the evacuation from Flanders. Pte. Howarth is very bitter his condemnation of the German attacks refugees. ** They made no distinction between ...

... GERMAN REPORT —♦ ATTACKS ON ALLIED WARSHIPS A German High Command communique issued yesterday stated:— The great battle in Flanders and Artois approaching its end with the annihilation of the British and French armies fighting there Since yesterday the ...

... Lord Oort's disposal, and even though it was being severely bombed remained reasonably possible to evacuate tne B.E.P. from it, even though the evacuation would have made Gallipoli lock easy. But the end Is not vet. The BE.P. and the French Army may succeed ...

... Germans who are coming closer. R.A.F. men arriving in England today told how they were turned into infantrymen to help in the Flanders battle. Losing touch with their units, they were given rifles by British infantry units, merged into the ranks, and fought ...