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MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

... The fighting in France and Flanders is well within and we know how, in conformance with the general plan after the German break through, the British retreated steadily and five-sixths of the troops were successfully evacuated from Dunkirk by a miracle ...

Published: Tuesday 03 September 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 103 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

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... France , without a single casualty . The B . EF . was steadily reinforced all through the months that preceded the Battle of Flanders , and at a rate more swift than had been promised to our French Allies . In the middle of May 1940 the total strength was ...

Published: Tuesday 03 September 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2257 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A Confident Army. Second Yw-'V*cry Different

... through the eight months’ lull and reinforced more swiftly than had been promised. It gave a grand acocount of itself in the Flanders battles, and in spite of the defection of King Leopold and the German break-through on the other flank at Sedan, it fought ...

GHASTLY SURPRISE IS AWAITING THE INVADER

... The battalion was among the last to evacuate Dunkirk, and in the delaying rearguard fighting it was engaged in the losses were again considerable —twenty-six officers and 450 men. From the grim sands of Flanders the survivors came eventually to a certain ...

Published: Monday 02 September 1940
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1116 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

CONFIDENT ARMY

... through the eight months lull and reinforced more swiftly than had been promised. It gave a grand account of itaelf in the Flanders battles, and in spite of the defection of King Leopold and the German break through on the other flank at Sedan, it fought ...