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ALLIED DEFENDERS OF 11 CORUNNA LINE

... and other transport material without losing a single tank ol their own . ¦ 500 , 000 ENEMY CASUALTIES In the fighting in Flanders the German Command has thrown into action what is described in Paris as the largest attacking force in history . Ten armoured ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 591 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

FINNS ABANDON ISLAND FORTRESSES

... When , with other journalists , I visited the place yesterday its black shell of desolation was like the broken towns of Flanders and Northern France after 1914 . The destruction wrought on Viipuri is greater than anything done even in Madrid , Alicante ...

Published: Tuesday 27 February 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1166 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

are issued to-day—the anniversary of nany—by the three Services . of war at sea , states Naval Affairs , i ..

... 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

Ministry of Information THE QUEEN Conversations With Wounded Soldiers

... British Navy and Air Force can operate effectively . Troops near the ports may be evacuated as in the case of Boulogne . The story disclosed yesterday of how the Navy evacuated British troops there in face of attack by greatly superior forces of the enemy ...

Published: Wednesday 29 May 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1169 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Points of View DELIVERANCE OF THE B . E . F ? THE PRAYERS OF THE NATION Spirit of the B . E . F

... surrounded , cut off , and lost . f But we united in prayer to God to save them , t By Tuesday there was hope . On Wednesday [ evacuation began , and we know the result . Why do -not people recognise that besides the skill and heroism of men there was the hand ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1438 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

War Finance LORD GORT ' S RETURN The King Told of B . E . F . ' s

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

Published: Monday 03 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1302 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

POWERFUL ARMY READY FOR INVADER B . E . F . Divisions Reorganised Others at Full Strength GREAT SPEED UP IN ..

... IDEAS WELCOMED 4 Supply Minister Meets Chiefs of Firms MAKING OF DEFENCE WORKS Pick and Spade Volunteers Asked The men of Flanders and Dunkirknine divisions strong , brought out with little or no equipment—are now fully reorganised and at the disposal ...

Published: Tuesday 09 July 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1071 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LONDON NEWS AND COMMENTM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE ]

... been at once stimulated and sobered by the Prime Minister ' s detailed and vivid account of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Flanders . It was stimulated by his disclosure that 335 , 000 men have been rescued—more than ten times as ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1698 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Woman ' s Outlook CONSIDER THE CHILDREN —* —¦ WOMEN CAN TAKE THEIR CHANCE

... be more hope of . a really sane , and hate-free world emerging from the mess . No such fantastic scheme is possibte , but evacuation on a more limited scale is within the reach- of all who live in the more exposed areas . In the autumn there was much doubt ...

Published: Wednesday 05 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1127 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

WmKW ^^ m&W ^ M . PRIVATE' CORRESPONDENCE ] Getman War-Weariness Egypt ' s Position Japanese Policy

... ¦¦ . ' . ' : • ' • ' , ' ' ' • - ' - -. :. . - - • ¦ • ' Evacuation Plans I gather that two schools of thought prevail , ' , even in the Government , as to the policy of evacuation . It is agreed that ' surplus inhabitants ,, should be transferred ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1852 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ROME MYSTERY —?— Ships must go to Neutral Ports NO NEWS IN LONDON EGYPT'S DEFENCE To-day REDUCED BACON RATION ..

... COoperation and mutual respect which exists between the British and Egyptian elements . Alexandria Evacuation Starts AiEx / iNDiaA , Friday . —The evacuation of Alexandria will start to-morrow , when a thousand children from the municipal homes will be entrained ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1360 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

BRITAIN HAD 887 SHIPS IN DUNKIRK TRIUMPH ?_—_—Only Six Destroyers and 24 . Small Craft Lost ZEEBRUGGE BLOCKED ..

... MESSAG An Admiralty communique issued last night states that 222 naval vessels and 665 other British craft took part in the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk . This does not include the French naval and merchant ships which took part ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2160 | Page: 5 | Tags: none