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’PLANE TRUTH

... ’PLANE TRUTH NOTHING in the annals of war equals the amazing story, which is still being added to, of the Battle of Flanders and the evacuation of the B.E.F. But this epic is not only for wondering admiration. Amidst the paeans and the tributes, the study ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 304 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Evacuation IVliracle Of Organisati

... Evacuation IVliracle Of Organisati By NORMAN RILEY ORITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS LANP I^ PORTS ALONG THE SOUTH-EAST | LAST NIGHT TOLD AN EPIC STORY OF EVACUATION OF A FLANDERS PORT. During yesterday and last night two h lay in the harbour,” a soldier told ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 492 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

“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

FRENCH OFFICERS HERE

... high officers of the French Navy and three French generals arrived at a south-east coast port yesterday with French troops evacuated from Dunkirk. They travelled to London to visit the Admiralty and War Office. The naval officers included Admiral Abrial ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 169 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

DOING OUR BIT

... DOING OUR BIT Sir,—When we read of the great exploits of our Army, Navy, and Ail- Force in the evacuation of Flanders and In other battles it does stir our hearts with pride and makes those of us at home feel we want to do our bit to bring peace and freedom ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 99 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

... The fighting in France and Flanders is well within and we know how, in conformance with the general plan after the German break through, the British retreated steadily and five-sixths of the troops were successfully evacuated from Dunkirk by a miracle ...

Published: Tuesday 03 September 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 103 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BATTLE REVIEW

... become as historic as the unprecedented events with which it dealt. The telling of the story of the Battle of Flanders and the preat Evacuation was in the hands of one who is at once an acknowledged expert on military strategy, an authority on history, ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 660 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SCOTS SAVED FRENCH FLANK

... SCOTTISH COLONELS AND ACTING MAJOR, WHO DISPLAYED CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND ENTERPRISE IN RECENT OPERATIONS IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS, ARE AMONG THE OFFICERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE D. 5.0., ACCORDING TO A WAR OFFICE COMMUNIQUE. ISSUED LAST NIGHT. It is disclosed ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 122 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FOOLISH TO WAIT

... factor which has influenced them in moving so soon after the Flanders fight is, of course, the knowledge that over 300,000 men (seasoned soldiers who know their methods) have only just been evacuated from Dunkirk and the enemy wants to get in a blow before ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 159 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

... IMPORTANT STATEMENTS WILL BE MADE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIME MINISTER WILL DEAL WITH THE EVACUATION OF THE B.E.F. FROM FLANDERS AND MR. ATTLEE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY MR. GEOFFREY MANDER, M.P., ABOUT THE ALLOCATION ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 452 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ABBEVILLE SUCCESS

... antitank weapons and many lorries and other transport material without losing a single tank of their own. In the fighting in Flanders the German Command has thrown into action what is described in Paris as the largest attacking force in history. Ten armoured ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 591 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

LINE-UP FOR BIG BATTLE

... determined and how very nearly successful was this fight is described in thriling despatch published to-day on Page 7. IN FLANDERS frontier, where the Germans have been advancing through the Belgian Ardennes, one German mechanised column pushed forward ...

Published: Wednesday 15 May 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 400 | Page: 16 | Tags: none