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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

Page Six

... A, on War Se rvice.—In common for the comfort well-being of suffered losses in material, stores, and equipment Flanders, in the evacuation fully equipped centres, losses three huts, and one large enemy which have fallen into of stores, 13 four railway ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: Wishaw Press
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 573 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

• • DUMBARTON HEAD TEACHER O1+•1St. JOSEPH' SCHOOL. EDUCATION COMMITTEE : The Teachers' and Teaching Commi pone ..

... self-Sacrifice, and cheerfulness displayed by all ranks in all the four Services involved in the great battle Of Flanders and the evacuation of Dunkirk. Language would ad adequately to express our admiration and appreciation' of our soldiers, sailors, and ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Milngavie and Bearsden Herald
County: Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4062 | Page: 3 | 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

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 ...

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