... from Dunkirk. As intimated by the Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, in the House of Commons on Tuesday, a total of 330,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force and of the French and Belgian Armies, had been evacuated to England through Dunkirk, a ...

... food and ammunition through Amiens were also severed as the Germans swept up the coast to Boulogne and Calais and almost to Dunkirk. Behind the armoured onslaught came German divisions in lorries and behind them came the dull, brute mass of the ordinary ...

... there were three groups, the Belgian Army, the B.E.F. and some French divisions. These three armies were provisioned through Dunkirk, and the defence of this port in the South and West was being undertaken by the British and French forces, while the Belgian ...

... intimated this week that several of them are now reported missing. Following the evacuation of the forces In Flanders through Dunkirk letters and postcards had been received from a number of these lads saying they were safe and well, and still with the BEF’ ...

... Qur London Letter. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, Joxe 14, 1940 The Dunkirk Evacuation, The Prime Minister was asked by My Ellis Smith in the House of Commons this week whether he would consider awarding a epecial British medal to all men and women ...

... which they are engaged. stated not ouly to be covering up the with. drawal effectively but to be counter-attacking the enemy, Dunkirk, it was announced, was still strongly held by French marines, and the Allied air forces were delivering strong attacks on ...

... detained a large number of the enemy, and was of invaluable assistance to the main body of the B.E.F. in its withdrawal on Dunkirk, This action will count among the most heroic deeds in the annals of the British Army. ...

... added to since the first of this year, With the recent gri struggle in Flanders and the evacuation o’ the B.E.F. through Dunkirk, anxiety was felt for the safety of the Shetland lads from whom it was not possible to receive news. It has now been ascertained ...

... great strength and fury and the main power of their far more numerous Air Force was thrown into the battle or concentrated on Dunkirk. Cannon fire was turned on the beaches by which alone ships could approach or depart. Waves of German bombers cast their bombs ...

... This attack was the begioning of the new great German drive Tin“ Paris, which was rnlly expected to follow the conclusion of Dunkirk operations. According to reporte received in Paris last week-end, the French defences appear to be holding well in the face ...

... and artillery bombardment. Their refusal to capitulate was of mvaluable assistance to the main body in its withdrawal on Dunkirk, ...