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RE-FORMED D.L.I. IS “FIGHTING FIT”

... heavy. The battalion was among the last to evacuate Dunkirk, and in the delaying rearguard fighting it was engaged in the losses were again considerable, 26 officers and 450 men. From the grim sands Flanders the survivors came eventually to a certain ...

Published: Monday 02 September 1940
Newspaper: Newcastle Journal
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 171 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SINISTER SILENCE

... into strong, supple girdle. On one these beaches I met men of the Durham Light Infantry. who distinguished themselves in Flanders. They have evolved most intelligent scheme of de- (cnee and the many Durham mlncra among them have made full use their occupation ...

Published: Monday 02 September 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 298 | Page: 6 | Tags: none