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... Britain had Sceptical About worked together as one man in the evacuation from Flanders, from which four-fifths of the B.E.F, had returned. A much less proportion of the French would be evacuated, for the French had been in the rearguard. Still, with Britain ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 773 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Great Ravages

... all kinds, ranging from converted liners to trawlers, have taken part in the defence of Dunkirk and the evacuation of the Allied Forces in Flanders. Nazis Difficulties The rest the front is relatively calm j The upper Somme is securely held the French ...

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 423 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Hitler Ising I-ast Reserves

... confusion. In Flanders and on the Meuse there was confusion, and for day or two chaos, but Gen. Weygand is keeping his armies together, and so long as that is done the fury of the German attack is futile —and the Nazis know it. Evacuating Children to Dominions ...

Published: Thursday 13 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 431 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Satire and Fantasy

... said believed in miracles. The evacuation from Dunkirk is a miracle. Wales Does Well Wales has risen wonderfully to the occasion in its reception both of battlescarred soldiers straight from Flanders and France and of evacuated schoolchildren. Glowing testimony ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 956 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WITHDRAWAL OF B.E.F. A TRIUMPH OF allied power “Will Surprise the World” ZEEBRUGGE AGAIN BLOCKED: OTHER PORTS ..

... almost every type of seagoing craft—took part in the evacuation. FILL STORY—PAGE 5. SUCCESS GREATER THAN WE DARED HOPE THE KING A moving message of admiration and sympathy for the Heroes of the Flanders rearguard battle has been received from the King by ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 733 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Russian Attitude

... communiques are still read first. It it alto highly inttratting that when firtt reporting Mr. Churchill't speeaSi on the evacuation of Flanders the Moscow station even glossed over, or omitted, some of the British equipment which he mentioned. Though I do not ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 317 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Optrex ••ANO ■

... in every possible way. After the evacuation Dunkirk 68.000 troops were given food and drink at one East Coast port alone. He stated that 17 canteens and £25.000 Shipment had been lost by the Salvation Army in Flanders. HaRNARDO’S are helping— u BT Baby ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 520 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

1939 Output

... squadrons in various stages of efficiency. Many of them were still suffering from the effects of the fighting in Holland and Flanders. at Dunkirk. and during the subsequent operations in France. Others were in process of formation and training. But he says: ...

Published: Thursday 12 September 1946
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 355 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1941

... FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1941 THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS God of battles, was ever 1 battle like this in the world ; before.’* The poet's emotion in | telling the story of ‘‘The Rffirenge” ■is recalled Lord Gort’s historic dispatches dealing with | the experiences ...

Published: Friday 17 October 1941
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 866 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HEROIC RESISTANCE TO LAST

... rearguard defenders kept the Germans at bay and prevented them from interfering with the evacuation, exceot with their aircraft and heavy the soldiers from Flanders are already on the front stretching from the Somme to the Rhine -Press Association War Special ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 397 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SERIES OF ACTION”

... Planes Throughout Wednesday the tualni effort the U.A.F. was eoiicen-1 relieving the pressure the flanks the Allied armies in Flanders. Our aircraft, in a magnificent aarias actions, repeatedly broke up tormationa enemy fighter* and bombers. Very aeyere lo*»e* ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 433 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NO CAUSE FOR FEAR

... the quays channel rescue boats which they could not reach *• i * 'xhis !s the 'ixth dav of the evacuation 1 A Cheshire regiment is spoken of with from Flanders. The new • arrivals- are ' bated breath.by veterans in other units reorouard who fought stubbornly ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 536 | Page: 5 | Tags: none