... Thousj of the Mil itive to-da; when stu( labour pre acute. Di there is unskilled employme this year. “The ca Sgle Round Dunkirk OUr main pons and 'ie along the area of the that we may feel * at bulk of the material vVhT nt the B.E.F. cannot fall of f ...

... w'atched from the sea-front saw shells bursting in the sky. The activity appeared to be on the other side of the Channel—Ostend-Dunkirk- Calais coast. We saw great flares as though bombs were exploding and it seemed that guns were in action. One watcher told ...

... extreme. the German capture of ** Boulogne and the increasing prevariousness of Calais, was clear that the importance of Dunkirk, of Ostend, of Zeebrugge, was growing as doorways to our troops. It is plain now that those three ports are placed in ever ...

... efficiently. The troops are in a perilous position, as presumably the Belgian defection leaves them with only the port of Dunkirk as either source of provisionment or a port of evacuation. That much can done if the latter course should be decided upon ...

... 8.E.F., ana some French divisions. This group of three armies was commanded by General Blanchard. It was provisioned via Dunkirk, me British and the French armies defended this port in the south and in the west, the Belgian army in the north. ...

... of battle on the order of its King without having warned their French and British comrades in arms and opening the road to Dunkirk to German divisions. Eighteen days ago the same King addressed to us an appeal for help. To this appeal I responded according ...

... Three Services Co-operate One feature of this astonishing battle around Dunkirk is that all three Services —the Navy, the Army and the Air Force—are working together within sight of each other, and fully able to appreciate the dangers and value of mh ...

... against both countries simultaneously. Probably we shall get the first blow. It is not the fault of the Allied forces around Dunkirk that they have been encircled. They obeyed the orders of the High Command, but there must be no recriminations against France ...

... the army of General Piroux remained very '-fitical, but it seemed now that things been expemed* ° badly misht have e J i Dunkirk, around I 1 ‘thdrawal operations were solidly ' continu to resist It is officially announced bv the Belgian authorities in ...

... evening and during the night German air units comprised of two strong forces attacked the coastal area and the sea between Dunkirk and Os end. They attacked British warships and troops which were attempting to embark the remnants cf he B.E.P. The attack ...

... Nazi Coast Battle IN a terrific air battle over the French coast near Dunkirk last night a formation of Hurricanes and Defiants shot down 22 of a large force of German bombers and fighters. This was stated in an Air Ministry communique, which read; “The ...

... prepared position. •• On the Somme and the Aisne fronts and the East nothing important to report.” GERMANS REPEAT CALAIS CLAIM “DUNKIRK DESTROYED BY FIRE” Berlin. Monday iPress Association War Special .—German forces are continuing then attacks in Flanders and ...