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“Dynamo Room” Planned The Great Evacuation \ SMALL band of junior officers, working in a secret control room, ..

... “Dynamo Room” Planned The Great Evacuation \ SMALL band of junior officers, working in a secret control room, known as the Dynamo Room,” at naval base on the South-East Coast of England, helped to direct the evacuation which saved more than 335,000 officers ...

Published: Monday 10 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 391 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

[ FROM OUR PARLIAMEN Mr Churchill on Allies ' Determination 335 . 000 MEN EVACUATED Mr Churchill told the House

... OUR PARLIAMEN Mr Churchill on Allies ' Determination 335 . 000 MEN EVACUATED Mr Churchill told the House . of Commons to-day the full facts of the Flanders battles and the evacuation of the Allied forces from Dunkirk . A crowded House listened intently ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 519 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

FRENCH SUCCESS Abbeville Region Retaken ; Mopping Up Enemy DUNKIRK EVACUATION Great Part of Allied Forces Now Safe

... FRENCH SUCCESS Abbeville Region Retaken ; Mopping Up Enemy DUNKIRK EVACUATION Great Part of Allied Forces Now Safe [ FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ] Paris , Friday—It is officially ar in a 48-hour operation , recaptured the the mouth ' of the Somme . ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE LONDON LETTERj Higher Farm Prices in J ll '* ' Buchan Burghs & Evacu# Kemsley House, W.C.I, Sunday night

... THE LONDON LETTERj Higher Farm Prices in J ll '* ' Buchan Burghs & Evacu# Kemsley House, W.C.I, Sunday night. BROADLY speaking, there are now three main courses open to Hitler, as they appear to expert London opinion this week-end. He may decide to hurl ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1319 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE BLACK-OUT IS VITAL. SEE TO IT!

... THE BLACK-OUT IS VITAL. SEE TO IT! PERTH SERGT.-MAJOR AWARDED D.C.M. Gallantry in Flanders For his part in the gallant fighting retreat of the Camerons in Flanders a Perth soldier, Sgt.-Major William M'Millan, has been awarded the D.C.M. Son of Mr Wm ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 195 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BOMBS AMONG E-BOATS DAYLIGHT ATTACK ON CHERBOURG

... with the parents leaflets giving full information about the evacuation scheme. Mr MacDonald said that from' evacuation areas in the London region 563.000 children had already been evacuated, but 279.000 remained. The Flying Bedstead There was an Arabian ...

Published: Thursday 31 October 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 344 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

TUESDAY:

... TUESDAY: Mr Churchill told the House if ,Commons the full facts of the Flanders 'battles and the evacuation of the Allied forces from Dunkirk. A crowded House listened intently to an amazing story—a story of fine achievement and of miraculous deliverance ...

King Meets Men from Dunkirk

... decorate officer heroes of the Dunkirk evacuation, made 60 miles tourof a division in the Southern Command. Wherever he went was impressed, said, by the excellent health and spirits of the troops after their ordeal Flanders. ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 50 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

D.C.M. for Perth Man

... MacMiriax, Cameron Highlanders, son of Mr William MacMillan, of Ainslie Gardens, Perth, has been decorated for gallantry in the Flanders retreat. The official intimation describes how he showed great courage and set an example to bis men when organising withdrawal ...

Britain Becomes a Fortress

... extrication of even a part of our hard-driven armies from the Flanders trap was more than some dared to hope for. It has called for skill, daring, and rapid organisation. That the evacuation of the B.E.F. will be accompanied or followed by heavy aerial ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 226 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Army's Thanks to War Workers

... Army's Thanks to War Workers The work done by the War Comforts Fund during and after the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders has brought a letter of thanks from Major-General G. P. Dawnay C.8.. C.M.G., D.5.0., M.V.0., Director-General of Voluntary ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 271 | Page: 4 | Tags: none