... FLANDERS COAST BATTLE REARGUARD PUTTING UP TERRIFIC FIGHT EVACUATED B.E.F. MEN IN GOOD SPIRITS ...

... WORK BY NAVY AND AIR FORCE The B.E.F, rearguard and their French and Belgian comrades are fighting a terrific battle on the Flanders coast against 1,000,000 Nazi soldiers. Bitter fighting is going on in the fortified area of Dunkirk, while the withdrawal ...

... to British successes to-morrow. (2) People who even forget that British reverses have occurred, and speak about the evacuation of Flanders as unmitigated triumph. The B.E.F. fought bravely as any victorious army. We acclaim the incredible courage which ...

... remains in Flanders. Among those safely landed in England were increasing numbers of General Prioux's gallant French Army who had hacked their way through to Dunkirk. They were remarkably fit and confident. Trains carrying Tommies back from Flanders were running ...

... the largest attacking force in history, British and French troops are still maintaining their historic rearguard action in Flanders. The German High Command has thrown ten armoured and three mechanised divisions, in addition to large numbers of infantry ...

... transport material without losing a single tank of their own. 100.000 Troops Evacuated I'aris Report Paris, Saturday.—More than 100,000 men have been evacuated froin Flanders according M. Kerillis in the 44 Kpoque to-day. He that to these a third, or ...

... battle had been evacuated with the assistance of the Royal Navy. The operation proceeded with success, and numbers of troops reached this country. Over 70 enemy aircraft were destroyed and many others damaged by the R.A.F. the Flanders front. One squadron ...

... war. According to some estimates only a division of Allied troops now remains in Flanders. We Haven't Staarted On Hitler Yet Trains carrying Tommies buck from Flanders were ruuning so smoothly to-day that they did not atop at some the stations in the ...

... stated: The German Army, foiled in its attack on Dunkirk by rising flood waters which Allied engineers have loosed over the Flanders plain, redoubled its efforts yesterday to cut off the French rearguard fighting its way to the coast. This foree —part of ...

... credit is given to our Allies, who are displaying indomitable courage under trying conditions. THE REAL DIPLOMATS. fPHE evacuation of the British and French troops from Northern France is an amazing performance, considered from the technical point of ...

... Admiral Abrial, who commands the French naval forces assisting in the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders, has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Admiral, who is 60, was a member of the Supreme Naval Council when war broke out ...

... Nazis Lose More Planes In A Day Hits On Enemy Troops And Transport Columns AIR FORCE fighters continue to screen the evacuation of Allied troops from the North East coast of France, the Air Ministry announced to-day. Further reports show that during ...