... Dunkirk Generals Decorated On the recommendation of General Weygand, General Blanchard, commander of the armies in the north-east, has been awarded the Grand Cross the Legion of Honour, and General Prioux, whose wise handling of the retreat upon Dunkirk ...

... THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL, DUNKIRK DEFENDERS MEN STILL EMBARKING FROM BEACHES FOUR-FIFTHS OF B.E.F. SAVED NAZIS ADMIT DESPERATE RESISTANCE ON ALL THE BEACHES IN THE DUNKIRK AREA, UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE AL LI ED NAVI ES AND Al R FORCES, THE WORK OF EMBARKING ...

... WHERE THE B.E.F. EMBARKED A view in Dunkirk Harbour THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1940 ill I ...

... GERMANS FOILED RENEWED ATTACK ON DUNKIRK BUT THE EVACUATION GOES ON Paris, Monday The German land, sea and air forces have renewed their onslaught on the Allied fortress at Dunkirk, making completion of the troop evacuation “ increasingly difficult,” ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Beaches A man who until a few weeks ago was cinema manager in a London suburb to-day recounted his adventures in the inferno of Dunkirk. He responded to an appeal for men to help evacuate the 8.E.F., and .was in charge of small motor cruiser with two other men ...

... evacuation was also given in last night’s French war communique, which stated:— Since the order was given to them to fall back on Dunkirk, French and British troops engaged on three fronts in the region from St. Omer to the neighbourhood of Arras, Valenciennes ...

... women and children. Many of the women carried babies in their arms and their ranks were raked by machine -gun bullets. At Dunkirk, he said, there Lance-Corpokai. Hunt was a scene of dreadful havoc. Not a house was left unwrecked, oil stores were burning ...

... Minister, sent a mesage yesterday to Mr. Churchill saying:— “The New Zealand Government lias been following accounts of the Dunkirk evacuation with extreme anxiety and the most intense admiration for the unsurfassed heroism shown by all concerned, n the ...

... in Week-end Reports so far received show that to their achievement of 78 German planes destroyed or severely damaged over Dunkirk beaches Saturday, R.A.F. fighter pilots jesterday added 35 enemy aircraft and probably a further six. On Friday they accounted ...