... REARGUARD ACTION IS CONTINUING WITH THE SAME BITTERNESS AROUND DUNKIRK.” The Allied warships are pounding the Nazi hordes with their big guns and the R.A.F. are showering them with high explosive. Dunkirk itself is holding out magnificently. The inundations extending ...

... ALLIES’ STAND AT YSER CANAL Paris, Friday. Allied troops are continuing to Hold out solidly, not only in the fortified area of Dunkirk, almost completely surrounded by flood waters, but also to the west of the Yser Canal, the French military spokesman stated ...

... French military is noted, however, e traditions of the French eral ivas with those of his most gravely threatened rd. area of Dunkirk was consist solidly, the French man said. is now is. completely surrounded hing for several kilometres • semi-circular moat ...

... after swimming for some time, was the only one to be rescued. Beaches Alive with Troops The beaches and sand dunes around Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days waiting to be evacuated and being evacuated. At more and more frequent ...

... and still offer resistance at a ’his resistance will have a short time. against the rest of the the loop between Fumes, of Dunkirk is proceedis only a few miles deep, been flooded. The enemy ;re stubbornly, the aim le as many soldiers as ms of ships, without ...

... it contained large number of the enemy and was of invaluable assistance to the main body of the B.E.F. in its withdrawal Dunkirk. This action will count among the most heroic deeds in the annals of the British Army.” ” Held on Grimly Further details of ...

... the men were still wearing steel helmets camouflaged with netting and sacking, or mud and sand stained. “We got away from Dunkirk,” said one party, through a terrific hail of bombs and shells. All the time bombs were falling around us and bombers sweeping ...