... carried out from Dunkirk and from beaches in ihe vicinity. The whole operation was screened by naval forces against any attempt by the enemy at interference by sea. addition to almost incessant bombing and machine-gun attacks Dunkirk, the beaches and ...

... SOLDIERS JT'OUR French soldiers, 21 of whose comrades were murdered in a party by a German parachutist on the beach at • Dunkirk, arrived at a south coast town yesterday. One of them said: We were waiting about on the beach for boat when civilian came ...

... situation was such that one mistake in the handling of a ship might have blocked a vital channel or that part of the port of Dunkirk which could be used. Nor was the weather entirely in favour of the operation. On two days a fresh north-westerly wind raised ...

... phase of their campaign in advance. Nor should they yet be in a strong position, after the exhaustive and exhausting drive to Dunkirk and pther ports, to organise a big thrust in another direction. But speculation is bound to spread about the new big objecUve—an ...

... done their financial bit,” and more, in the past few days. The first place is the port at which so many of the troops from Dunkirk have landed. The entire town rallied to give the men their first change from bully and biscuit for more than a fortnight. ...

... autumn.’’ He stressed the extreme difficulty rationing eggs. The Ministry would do all it could to prevent a rise in prices. Dunkirk Defences Still Hold Continued from Page One the lock-working mechanism have demolished. The lock gates have been blocked. ...