... the fighting in Flanders. He was engaged in the drawing office Messrs Cochran & Co., Ltd., and was mobilised a militiaman. He was put into the K. 0.5.8., but was subsequently transferred to the Durham Light Infantry. While in Flanders on one occasion ...

... The evacuation from Flanders goes on. The Allied forces are holding a covering line some distance from the coast. This line has become known as the Corunna Line, in memory of the famous retreat from Spain by Sir John Moore in 1809. The evacuation has ...

... and continued their patrol.” NAVY’S GREAT FEAT 887 Craft Engaged in Evacuation Admiralty communique 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 ...

... proceeding spoke in glowing terms of the magnificent work of the 30,000 men who, by their valiant sacrifice, made the evacuation of Flanders possible,, and thereby saved 360,000 of Britain’s best troops. He appealed to his audience to make a thank-offering ...