... Committee to release ships for European children, the American Committee for the Evacuation of Children states that the decision of the British Government to postpone their evacuation scheme is loyally accepted. Only a few thousand children under individual ...

... defences of the country. They played a creditable part in the recent operation in Flanders and France. They formed part of the rearguard which defended Boulogne during the evacuation, and also took part in the defence of Dunkirk. DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF FRENCH ARMAMENTS ...

... any hour may become the greatest battlefield in history. These people, most of them men whose wives and children have been evacuated, plus old folk who will never leave the land, live their regular lives while around them fortifications widen and solidify ...