... impression o £ how the arms speed-up is going on in all part ? of the country , They have caught the spirit of the men of Dunkirk he declared . Many thousands of them have caught that spirit direct—in talks and letters from sons and brothers and sweethearts ...

... of the local branch of the Bank for the past two years as teller. When tin• veal was attacked by German bombers in leaving Dunkirk the majority the soldiers on hoard were helms for prowtion against machine-gun fire. Three bombs struck the ship, and it was ...

... FIRST LIST OF AWARDS TO NAVAL MEN First awards have been made for services rendered in the evacuation of the B.EF. from Dunkirk The “ London Gazette’ reveals that 335,490 officers and men of the Allied Armies were taken off in about 1000 ships between ...

... that would be deathless. Our army fought its way back, filled up the gap and retired fighting right back to the beaches of Dunkirk, and there they were taken away and rescued, not ten, fifteen, twenty or thirty per cent, of them, but almost the whole of ...

... Former Morrison's Pupil. Stralbearn families have been undergoing a 'elite ordeal during the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk, as many Cries and district men were a mong the troops in Flanders, and only in the latter part of this week did news begin ...

... own wly created French ) {Agve crossed the nan advance swept round the right and ' the North. this vast armoured st reached Dunkirk, S were the centres of ‘The Guards defended le and were then with- Dm this country, 8, the 60th Rifles and 5 Rifles, with ...

... fully awake and would mobilise as never before, and the British knack of drawing down achievement almost from the emptv air Dunkirk was instance this. I commend it to you as a oortent. said. '* In that sign we shall conquer. ...

... the moment ob the collapse of the Belgian Army, there was oaly one course left to the Allied Armies—to Bold a line round Dunkirk, the only port that remsined, and to embark as many men as possible before their rear guards were overwhelmed. * Thauks to ...

... Invasion of Scotland Without the British fighters at Dunkirk many more men of the B.E.F. would have stayed in Flanders. The pity of it is that we had nct more squadrons of Hurricanes znd Spitfires to keep the German bombers away and that we had not many ...

... LEADERSHIP officers figure in a list of 3l immediate awards for gallantry during the Battle of Flanders and the withdrawal to Dunkirk which have been made by Lord Gort. The awards, announced by the War Office yesterday, include five D.S.O.’s, 11 M.C.’s, seven ...

... detained a large number of the enemy, and was of invaluable assistance to the main body of the B.E.F. in its withdrawal on Dunkirk, This action will count among the most heroic deeds in the annals of the British Army. ...

... Business Hours—lo-7' , The bridegroom was stationed in Stirling before the war and took part in the B.E.F. evacuation from Dunkirk. He reached England on the Friday prior to his wedding, arriving in Stirling on Wednesday morning. Captain Cox is the younger ...