... OF DUNKIRK NAVAL PARTIES The King to-day heard more stories of the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk. He received in audience at Buckingham Palace Captain W. 6. Tennant, R.N., who took a leading part in organising the naval parties at Dunkirk. The ...

... MINESWEEPER AIRMANS REMARKABLE ADVENTURE A 25-year-old airman, an ex-Cardiff high school boy, who was on patrol during the Dunkirk evacuation had remarkable escape when, although wounded, he dropped 8,(X)0 feet by parachute before being towed to safety ...

... last to embark. He left Dunkirk port at seven o’clock this morning.—Press Association. NAVY'S GRATITUDE TO THE R.A.F. “COURAGE AND DEVOTION OF OUR COMRADES” A SS e , P re ssing the gratitude to the it.A.*, those engaged on the Dunkirk evacuation has been ...

... BEING TAKEN OFF French Use 100 Warships, Ex-Liners LEAST ANOTHER 100,000 ALLIED— INCLUDING BELGIAN—TROOPS ARE STILL IN THE DUNKIRK AREA. IT IS HOPED TO EVACUATE THEM IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS, SAID THE FRENCH MILITARY SPOKESMAN LAST NIGHT. Mr. Anthony Eden, ...

... able to reach the Dunkirk area, and it is admitted thal« the position of these men is becoming more and more difficult. DUNKIRK SITUATION IMPROVED The Germans, who have not sufficient means to attack the fortified positions round Dunkirk from the land, have ...

... fONERS Unders A u Claim gainst Dunkirk south and the Jj ln slowly,” states Sclav Command com- S * The difficul- > which ny places, are \ era^ons ' ■^ i>i V j> co-operating tK° succeeded in j; stronghold of ;> irt r °und Dunkirk, fj, the enemy, are from our ...

... munitions. ran first to Amiens and afterwards to Abbeville and turned its way up the coast from Boulogne and Calais almost to Dunkirk. “Behind this armoured and mechanised onslaught came German divisions and lorries, and behind again came plodding the dull ...

... FAMILY REUNIONS During the week-end a number of Birmingham men back from Dunkirk have been reunited with their families, short leave having been granted to many of those who took part in the epic withdrawal. The majority look fit an 1 well, despite their ...

... town of Bergues. The whole region round Dunkirk which is still in the hands of the enemy is under constant and heavy artillery fire. Fighter planes and stuka (dive bomber) units continued their attacks on Dunkirk yesterday. They sank two destroyers, one ...

... the evaoution from Dunkirk, were rescued. it was learned yesterday; hut it not known how many of the Algerian and French soldiers aboard reached safetv. The Brighton Queen had been called from minesweeping duty and arrived off Dunkirk at dawn With the aid ...

... so had to foot-slog it for a bit, but finally I found an old Army bike and pedalled on that for the rest of the journey to Dunkirk.” Lance-corporal Hunt described how his comrades were in the best of spirits despite the gruelling time through which they ...

... planes wee probably brought down.—Renter. TOOK COMMAND AT DUNKIRK MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER RELIEVED LORD GORT The less senior officer to whom Lord Gort handed over command the remaining troops Dunkirk when returned to England last Saturday, was Major-General ...