... that she has been seeking out clubs and canteens In her home county, where she can find men of the B.E.F. who are home from Dunkirk. At a Y.M.C.A. centre the Princess spent a whole afternoon listening to the stories some of the men bad to tell. Her shyness ...

... While these events were taking place near our own shores, our Expeditionary Force was fighting for Its life in Its retreat to Dunkirk./ Mechanised forces already encircled Sts western flank, and the collapse of the Belgian Army left open a wide gap between ...

... Lance-Bombardier E. M‘ C 1 e William Street, and Gunner Hamilton Foster Place. Lurgan, who were wounded during the air raids over Dunkirk, are in hospital in England. “MISSING” MEN SAFE Henry M’Ateer, of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Lancasterian Street. ...

... proceeding according to plan. Our troops have everywhere gained ground to the south-west. “The number prisoners taken at Dunkirk has Increased 58,000. The quantity of war material and weapons captured cannot yet be estimated. On June 5 our air force bombed ...

... the Royal Air Force. Most of the decorations were won for operations during the Battle of Flanders and the evacuation from Dunkirk. Squadron - Leader Philip Algernon Hunter, aged 27. of Frimley, Surrey, is awarded the D.S O. The official record says—“ Under ...

... of all free peoples of the world. Gallant Wounded “A few days ago I was visiting in our hospitals the French wounded from Dunkirk. To each of them X spoke in French and asked how they were getting on. All of them, even the most seriously wounded, answered ...

... Fusilier.— Fusilier Henrv M'Ateer. Lancasterian Street, Carrlckfergus. who was reported missing when the F. were evacuated from Dunkirk, arrived home on leave during the week. He was presented with a silver cigarette case and wallet notes subscribed bv friends ...

... smash, had no doubt of the final result the war. They did not doubt the future of the country. “The. heroism of the armies of Dunkirk has been surpassed in the battles which have been fought from the sea to the Argonne. The soul of France is not conquered ...

... 'vnll be among the first to offer sympathy -now* Welcome Home Mrs. Anthony Eden took her share in welcoming home the men from Dunkirk. At one station on the line to London, where trains were halted in order that the soldiers and sailors might be fed. group ...

... through—all but the heroic and selfsacrificing rearguard, which, still fighting resolutely, is moving slowly towards the sea and Dunkirk. Here, surely, is a miraculous deliverance a deliverance made possible by its own courage and resource and, in the last stage ...

... 12th Lancers, a mechanised unit. The awards were, for daring actions or skilful leadership the course of the retirement to Dunkirk. Lieut. Colonel Herbert Lumsden, M.C. (12th Lancers), was awarded the D.S.O. ‘‘During the whole period of operations,” it ...

... many machines oi, the ground in the aerodromes, but were accustomed to inflict a loss of 2 to 2i to one. In fighting over Dunkirk, which was a sort of no-mans-land, we undoubtedly beat the German Air Force and gained mastery of the local air, inflicting ...