... guns up to the last minute. There were increasing numbers General Prioux’s gallant army, who had hacked their wav through to Dunkirk. They were remarkably fit and confident. In spite of the accelerated tempo of the evacuation one of the small boats on its ...

... The following is to-day’s official French communique: On land and sea and in the air, the French and Br itish forces at Dunkirk are continuing in complete solidarity the stubborn fight to resist the German drive and assure the evacuation. “The enemy ...

... Rearguard Hacking Through The army of General Prioux, which was hemmed in near Lille, continues to make progress towards the Dunkirk region. Already a considerable part of this army has hacked its way safely across the line of the Flemish Hills, which the ...

... arms of French, British and the remnants of the Belgian forces, the beleaguered flower of our armies has been pouring out of Dunkirk and across the Channel home—tattered, weary but unyielding. This is no defeat; still less is capitulation. It is a great victory ...

... made. It scarcely seerped possible then, when the majority of the British and French forces were nearly 60 miles away from Dunkirk, that a sufficient force could be detached to keep the port in British hands from attacks on both sides. I believe the explanation ...