... Ely, in which year, and after holding a curacy at Bedford, he became an Army chaplain. He served during the Great War in Flanders and France, being mentioned in dispatches, and became chaplain of the Royal Air Force in 1918. He was senior chaplain in ...

... Averts A Serious Position Near Liege GERMAN ASSAULT ON SAAR SECTOR OF MAGINOT LINE WHILE countless 'planes battled over the Flanders Plain and Western Front yesterday, total war spread sta«e further when German troops commenced attack advance posts ol the ...

... ATTACKED BY NAZI 'PLANES Cornishman And His Family FLANDERS ORDEAL Baby Saved By British Soldier \RRIVING at Penryn yesterday after a hectic flight from Flanders, bringing with them their two-months-old baby, a son aged 6, and a daughter aged 10, Mr. ...

... have increased their pressure on both Hanks of our forces. Troops not immediately engaged in the fighting have been evacuated —the evacuation is still successfully proceeding —and numbers have already reached Britain. The , heroic defence of Calais by a small ...

... stated: The German Army, foiled in its attack on Dunkirk by rising flood waters which Allied engineers have loosed over the Flanders plain, redoubled its efforts yesterday to cut off the French rearguard fighting its way to the coast. This foree —part of ...

... credit is given to our Allies, who are displaying indomitable courage under trying conditions. THE REAL DIPLOMATS. fPHE evacuation of the British and French troops from Northern France is an amazing performance, considered from the technical point of ...

... first-hand account of the Flanders battle during audience at Buckingham Palace. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Lord Gort's return was recorded by the War Office in this announcement: As a result the good progress made in the evacuation of the B.E.F. and the consequent ...

... the region of Rethel. Yesterday's expedition in the southeast cost the enemy a dozen 'planes counted up to the present. EVACUATION PROCEEDS Enemy Bring Up Long-Range Heavy Artillery A British detachment besieged for over a week in the old citadel of Calais ...

... GAVE WAY Officer's Tribute To Brigade INFANTRY LANDED FROM DUNKIRK Beat Back Every German Attack the midst of the fighting Flanders from start to finish—it was among the troops leading the advance into Belgium, and fought in the rearguard from the farthest ...

... of the occasion when the King decorated their father. The deeds of heroism performed in connection with the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Flanders have already resulted in records being made for recommendations for awards in some form or other. There will ...

... Disaster Turned Into Triumph FLANDERS EPIC The King's Message Of Admiration A moving message of admiration and sympathy for the heroes of the Flanders rearguard battle has been received from the King by Mr. Winston Churchill. Prime Minister and Minister ...

... tremendous call to owners of seagoing craft —took part in the evacuation. Three destroyers—Basilisk, Keith, and Havant —have been sunk, and of more than 170 minor war vessels engaged in evacuation, have been lost. The R.A.F. continue to support the Allied ...