... magnetic mine and sank, and he, after swimming for some time, was the only one to be rescued, The beaches and sand dunes around Dunkirk have been alive with troops for the past three days waiting to be evacuated and being evacuated. At more and more frequent ...

... Diplomatic Correspondent) The great feat of evacuating the bulk of the B.E.F. and a large number of other Allied troops from Dunkirk is accomplished. An Allied garrison is holding out in the entrenched camp, but that is now a secondary operation. The two ...

... broken in a short time. : ; “The attack against the rest of the British Army in the loop between Furnes, Bergues, and west of Dunkirk is proceeding. The loop is only a few miles deep, is flat, and has been flooded. The enemy is resisting here stubbornly, the ...

... near Ypres. ~ The claim to have captured Calais is repeated in the communique, which also says that harbour equipment at Dunkirk is ablaze as the result of bombing by German ’planes. ...

... ON GERMANS’ BEHALF There is abundant evidence that during the .embarkation of the Allied troops on various beaches in the Dunkirk area there was considerable * fifth column ” activity on behalf of the Germans, If headquarters were established in one hcuse ...

... a vital part. Mr Eden has borne his burden at the War Office with admirable discretion. The decision to evacuate through Dunkirk called for sudden extraordinary energy and for unusual power of judgment. The War Minister has displayed both. FORMER BOXING ...

... IN SHINING SPLENDOUR ‘“So long as the English tongue survives, the word Dunkirk will be spoken with refevence.”’ A leading article in the ‘* New York Times,”” paying this tribute to-day, adds: ““ The rags and blemishes which have hidden the soul of Democracy ...

... DEFENCE OF CALAIS This armoured scythe stroke almost reached Dunkirk—almost but not quite. Boulogne and Calais were the scene of desperate fighting. The Guards defended Boulogne for a while, aild were withdrawn by orders fro mthis country. The British ...

... DAWN PATROL’S SUCCESSES After announcing that our fighters’ dawn patrol over Dunkirk to-day had shot down ten German machines against the loss of one of their own, the Air Ministry raised the figure of German losses to 14 fighters shot down and five more ...

... NEW TACTICS One British fighter pilot, having been engaged in a number of combats near Dunkirk on Saturday, found himself when out of ammunition quite unexfectedly close to an enemy bomber. nstead of retiring (states the Air Ministry) the R.AF. pilot ...

... that no damage other than that already reported was done. : Yesterday’s Berlin communique said that Zeebrugge, Ostend, and Dunkirk had been bombed, an ammunition dump and a naval depot in Ostend being set on fire ...

... SHIPS SUNK “Fighter ’'planes and Stuka (dive bomber) units continued their attacks on Dunkirk yesterday. They sank two destroyers, one patrol boat, and one merchantman of 5000 tons. One warship, two destroyers, and ten merchantmen were damaged by direct ...