... here and elsewhere. WE have now made up all our losses in stores and equipment which resulted from the fighting in Flanders and the evacuation from Dunkirk, though this has naturally iheant that other equipment which would have been ready by now has had to ...

... the Dunkirk perimeter and were steadily evacuated, it is obvious he wanted to stay with them to the last man, but he had orders from the Government, which specifically told him that as soon the 8.E.F., by evacuation, fell below a strength of three divisions ...

... FRANCE & FLANDERS heroically over the same ground 25 years ago. The scene of battle was set around old ml her places such a« Yprea, Bnelen. Wytschaete, Boesvnghe and Poperinghe. In the words of Mr. Winston Churchill the evacuation from Dunkirk symbolised ...

... Comviander-in-Chief of the B.E.F. during the Battle of Flanders, are to be published to-morrow. They cover the period from the start of the German invasion of the Low Countries to the evacuation, three weeks’ later, of the British forces from Dunkirk ...

... Northumberland who took part in the Greek hostilities, was safely evacuated from Greece. The Duke who '.creeded to the title on the death et Ms brother, who was killed in rearguard action in Flanders test Joae, unmarried. , He is the tenth Duka and was studying ...

... subterfuges.” The arguments put forward bv Lord Gort for. the further prosecution of the war after the experience of the Flanders battle clearly proves, the paper declares. that bad British generalship led to the defeat of the British. The bulk of the ...

... of nearly a century', now look like war-scarred derelicts of a village in Flanders during the Great War. At least 50 peace - loving, non - combatant families have been evacuated from their homes. Two families were badly hit, the occupants having a miraculous ...

... Scientists who examined the moving through Flanders high sarcophagus identified it as regal, French officers rashed to the possibly containing the remains of Burgomaster and ordered him to Adoloaldo, son of Queen evacuate the city. Theodolinda of Lombardy. are ...

... carrying important despatches from Mr. Bevin s Talk to Socialists General Weygand to Lord Gort at the height of the fighting in Flanders in 1940. General Billotte was killed in a motor accident, and his loss a tragedy for France. It is possible that if the ...

... SOLDIER’S GALLANTRY DEEDS WHICH EARNED HIM THE M.M. The story of a West Hartlepool soldier’s bravery during tht fighting in Flanders last May has just been told. He is Lance Corporal John Edward Johnson (221. son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Johnson, of 37 ...

... as usual, was too small for the job. Twice our troops had to evacuate Holland, our record in land fighting was bad. and the generalship worse. But we never faltered. After every evacuation we went back again, thanks to sea power. The next British landing ...

... ci l© The Shields Gaxelte The men were ?er\'inf with •n the Tynesiee Cotn''«».neer» who took ** evacuation pany Royal Eng.nrer* part Ibr • miracJ Flanders Sergt. Crome i* the younger son of the late Mr and Mrs Crotne. of 1 lUrton House Road. South Shields ...