... with' unshaken morale, was fiercely battling its way to the coast. French naval forces firmly held the fortified area of Dunkirk open for the retreating troops. In the words of a message from the Kinq to th.• Commander-in-Chief. it is fighting with a ...

... Admiralty announced the loss cf ;ix naval trawlers during the evacua,wn from Trondheim I The British collier Brighton sank off Dunkirk following an explosion. The I 34 members of the crew were saved by a motor launch. Ten members of the ;crew were injured. ...