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THE LAST PHASES at DUNKIRK: Scenes During the Retreat to the Coast; and in the City of Dunkirk Itself

... THE LAST PHASES at DUNKIRK Scenes During the Retreat to the Coast and in the City of Dunkirk Itself THE MENIN GATE A BRITISH ANTI TANK POST ESTABLISHED OUTSIDE THE HISTORIC GATE ITSELF-- KNOWN TO ALL WHO FOUGHT IN THE LAST WAR. IT WAS ALONG THIS ROAD TO YPRES THAT THE B.E.F. AND FRENCH RETREATED ON TO DUNKIRK DUNKIRK-- THE TOWN A BLAZING LORRY IN A STREET STREWN WITH DEBRIS AFTER AN INTENSIVE ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 273 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DAVIDS and GOLIATHS: Our Small Vessels Are Proving Their Worth Against Heavy Enemy Air Attack

... DAVIDS and GOLIATHS Our Small Vessels Are Proving Their Worth Against Heavy Enemy Air Attack By NOEL THOMPSON WAR has always produced David and Goliath stories, the fight of the brave little man against apparently overwhelming odds. The characteristics which have always appealed to me in the Biblical story, the courage and calmness of David, who had a workable plan of his own, are repeated. In ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1181 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Photographs 

THE EPIC OF THE DUNKIRK BEACHES: A Story of Allied Heroism and Desperate Endeavour which will Live Down the Ages

... THE EPIC OF THE DUNKIRK BEACHES A Story of Allied Heroism and Desperate Endeavour which will Live Down the Ages Above-- AN ACTUAL I ENEMY BOMBING RAID IN PROGRESS As bombs were bursting and Nazi bullets were raining down on the beach at Dunkirk our soldiers took what cover they could find on the unprotected sands. Here, for the first time, is an actual picture of the scene-- taken from J one ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 348 | Page: Page 12, 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WHERE THE DRUMS OF WAR ARE YET UNHEARD: Of Moonlight and Mist; The Garden in War-time; L.D.V

... WHERE THE DRUMS OF WAR ARE YET UNHEARD Of Moonlight and Mist; The Garden in War-time L.D.V. MIST AND MOONSHINE.-- There is a great deal of Mist and Moonshine about war, and we are doing our best to dissipate it. But certain manifestations of mist and moonshine are such as we have no wish to banish from memory. One such instance I will put on record. I was watching on high ground just before ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1553 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs 

Importance of Motoring Knowledge: How It Could Reduce Military Training

... Importance of Motoring Knowledge How It Could Reduce Military Training By A. PERCY BRADLEY, M.I.A.E., A.M.I.Mech.E. (C/erk of the Course, Brooklsndt THIS is no time for recriminations but we should be in a much stronger position to-day if every citizen above the age of seventeen or eighteen, and who had not yet reached the period of senile decay could drive a motor car or motor cycle. As each ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1145 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

Mobile Canteens

... Some 750,000 Servicemen are enjoying the benefits of the Salvation Army Red Shield Clubs every week and scores of are serving Naval men, Airmen, Merchant Seamen, Canadians, Anzacs and the Women's Auxiliary Forces. The Salvation Army is a real link with the Servicemen's home. If an extra burden of domestic trouble arises, sympathetic help is ready through Salvation Army workers in his district ...

The Winner of the New Derby Stakes

... THE French-bred Pont l'Eveque won the War Derby at Newmarket last week for Fred Darling, who had five times trained the winner of the Epsom Derby for patrons of his Beckhampton stable. 1 ont l'Eveque was not entered for the original Derby and was bought privately by Darling when Mr. Manna Morriss disposed of some of his horses when war broke out. Sam ragg had the mount, as Darling thought that ...

Kentucky Derby Surprise

... BIMELECH. which had. been rated by far the best American three-year-old, and in fact claimed to be a wonder horse, was beaten in the Kentucky Derby last month by Gallahadion, a 35 to 1 outsider. A week later Bimelech made some amends by winning the Golden Jubilee Preakness at Pimlico with Mioland second and Gallahadion third. The following week, starting at 5 to 1 on, Bimelech was beaten by 2 ...

Round the New Shows: At the Theatre

... Round the New Shows At the Theatre Boys in Brown (Gate) IN spite of its title, this play has nothing to do with Nazis. It concerns criminals of a far milder brand-- the boys of the Borstal breed. The author is Mr. Reginald Beckwith, who has been making a name for himself as a revue comedian and a character actor. Many people will recall his truly comic strip-tease act in a revue at the ...

The Good Earth

... THE BOTS OF T.O JfB RIDGE SCHOOL are giving valuable help to a nearby farmer by spending their leisure hours in land work. Here they are clearing a wheat field of weeds. THEIR DOUBLE SERVICE These Wrens devote their off-duty time to gardening [and are all set to j raise a fine crop of that standby of all house wives, the cabbage. .1 HEW IDEA for the rose bed is to plant a border of cabbage ...

Sport Plays Its Part

... SAILORS-TO-BE LEARN TO SWIM Many men who choose the Royal Navy for their service cannot swim, so Airs. Hilda Anderson of Liverpool has started a class for those who have registered and have not yet been called up. THE GENTLE SPORT of archery provides a pleasant and not too strenuous diversion for B.E.F. casualties who are convalescing at a north-country resort. ...