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... foredoomed to disappointment. Neither work nor prayer will bring quick results in this war . ..' But, thanks be to Geri, the evacuation of Dunkirk, achieved that week. was nothing short of a miracle. The Archbishop of Canterbury now asks for prayer on behalf ...
... told that during the early months of the war few complaints of the kind were received, but since the evacuation of the B.E.F. from France and Flanders, far larger numbers of Service men are moving about the country—many in small parties—and it has been ...
... with the chiefs the Allied forces in the Near East.—Press Association PHANTOM BATTERY REACHES LEEDS HEROES OF DUNKIRK EVACUATION Fought Their La*t Action on Sand Dune* Some the last men out of Dunkirk have passed through Leeds—gunners who fought their ...
... Milllane. Billingham, that their son, Lance- Corporal Morris Dixon, was killed on the beach, at Dunkirk during the evacuation the B.E.F. from Flanders. He was in the Green Howards. Before the war, Lance-Corporal Dixon who was 21, was articled to Mr. J. H. Simmonds ...
... those having snacks in the canteen the time, and she spoke to each them, asking them about their experiences Flanders and about the evacuation, she stayed talking for some time to two soldiers who came over in a ship under heavy bombardment from the air ...
... defensive action, the French spontaneously evacuated •harp salient. On the Channel coast the Boulogne Citadel fell late yesterday afternoon, but this morning Calais wis still held the French. Enormous Losses -In Flanders the Germans are attacking regardless ...
... that Hell-spot. They were on duty on the beach until the end of .he evacuation. A letter received the ' Mail today tells of the experiences which these Hull men shared in Flanders. The company received a signed telegram from his Majesty the King, thanking ...
... the north is increasing in vlolestoe. said the official French military Commentator to-day. He isaid that in the Battle of Flanders the Germans were throwing enormous human and material forces into the fight. regardless of loaees. and were trying t o overwhelm ...
... tradesmen serving, and the types of equipment, and he also dealt with his experiences in demolition work, beach evacuation, etc., during the Flanders retreat. NOT DEPRESSED Major Browning said that during the retreat there was no feeling of depression among ...
... of the last batch of British soldiers to be evacuated from Dunkirk reached Wombwell on Tuesday night. He is Pte. Norman Hirst (24), son of Mr. and Mrs. Lance Hirst. of 70, Wood Walk. In three weeks in Flanders he ha never remained at one place more than ...
... 000 Nazi troops engaged in the Flanders battles, and in Holland, Germany suffered between 1 400,000 and 500,000 casualties. About 80 divisions were used 'against the Allies in the battle 'which ended with the evacuation of Dunkirk. Out of these there ...
... Paris state that toe evacuation was without precedent fl 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 lows ...