... orders from our officers, who behaved splendidly. After some time in the water we were picked up by the Dunkirk pilot launch which took us to Dunkirk, where we were given food and clothing. Mawbey is staying with his i grandmother, who has three sons in ...

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