... meaning of the place-name. It Happened Off Dunkirk Well, the invaders never reached these shores after all, as our gallant little ships set sail to meet the great and proud galleons of Spain, and it ...

... And Britain stands to-day resolute for battle, as determined its war aims, and as unconquerable as when Drake and his little ships sailed out to defeat the Spanish Armada and thereby shatter another conqueror’s dream. AIR RAID ADVICE. It appears that ...

... in disproportionate numbers the German fighters and German bombers. TTith unlimited respect for the gallantry of the VY little ships which brought the B.E.F. off the beaches at Dunkirk, that job could not have been done but for the fact that our short-range ...

... a powerful mine which according to all accepted standards ought to have sunk a far larger ship than a destroyer But the little ship was able to reach Gibraltar safely and after repairs was soon in service again Foreign Powers often buy destroyers from ...