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By CAPTAIN COLIN BAIN-MARAIS

... behind the lines. To me, as it does to others, Bordeaux represents the end of a sad mission. We arrived there after hurried evacuation, from Pernay, near Tours, on the afternoon of June 14 after a hazardous journey. Everyone was in a hurry. The roads were ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1136 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

GAS

... was in the fightinglfor his brother-in-law, Mr. Harry Miss Mrs. G Tabener. of Wombwell. and also school captain of both in Flanders. and recently had 48 S tanl e y . broth r-m- aw, butcher, 'Bombardier Rowley is now in Eng- With WRITE MILLET& GROATS cricket ...

Christian Science Churches

... sand and to look around and realise what is happening. Evacuation Doubts Defence of the country by the maintenance of the morale of the civilian population is also affected by the question of evacuation. Since the inclusion of Bexhill in a coastal defence ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: Bexhill-on-Sea Observer
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 1445 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NOTES AND COMMENTS

... lands they tried to cear. That peace might reign in Flanders Fieds. Blessed be the dead, long years ago: That dawn of peace might glow• they died : Died for their love, now loved they lie In Flanders Fields. Across the wasted years their glorious cry Leads ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: Crewe Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 3073 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

LL J. Birwley. D. Myra. B Maas. J. G. Ise& Adams. R. W. Gundry. K. Borrows. 1 FINE RECORD Ernest

... the! ,formation of the Ecclesfleld section,l and has seen active service on the ,western front. He was in the fighting! ;in Flanders, and recently had !hours' leave when he landed from, Dunkirk. Before joining up he! ,worked for ibbotson Bros., coal dealera ...

IF YOU WERE HITLER WHAT WOULD YOU THINK?

... by Spitfires and Hurricanes. The Spirit of Men The moral of the German tank successes on the Meuse and of his success in Flanders is that the ruthless foe gets the maximum efficiency out of tanks when there are panic-stricken refugees in the offing, and ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 958 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PRESENTATIONS TO THE REV. J. C. KiNNEAR Former Senior Curate At Parish Church AUCTION AND PROPERTY GUIDE

... ex- perience of Geonrey Kester, of the R.N.V.R tie was on the destroyer, H.M.S. Wakeful, ;luring its participation In the evacuation from Dunkirk, alien she was sunk by enemy action. Geonrey was flung from the bridge into the water. swam about until lie ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: Croydon Times
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2518 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AN EVKNTPn. AiOVirr

... thought and prayer with them all. But none ns likely to forget the wave of gratitude Almighty God after the heroic evacuation of Flanders and the return safety of numbers of Radford's sons.’ FURTHER ADDITION STAFF AT WYKEN The Vicar of Wyken (tho Rev. ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Standard
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 191 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SOUTH CROYDON

... feature of last Hundara service address, which was given by Lieut. Beresford Mask who taken part in the retreat from Flanders and the evacuation of Dunkirk. After hours spent on the beach at Dunkirk. Lieut. Mash was taken off On a destroyer which was subsequently ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 1940
Newspaper: Croydon Times
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MARRIAGE BOOM IN RENO

... But the allegation made at last with some degree of formality that the B.E.F. did not pull its full weight in the Battle of Flanders cannot be allowed to pass. because it is one which, if left unchallenged, might gain currency with the French people and ...

Published: Monday 08 July 1940
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 2515 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MIBCBLLANEOUB WANTS

... The Battle of Flanders. In a personal note which he has sent admitting this venture into authorship says he wrote the book in eight days—“though that, I suppose, might be as much a matter tor shame as for pride. The Battle of Flanders begins with Hitler's ...

Published: Monday 08 July 1940
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 2205 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

PILAN SCHEME TO CLOSE GAP British Reply To French Charges MUNITIONS SHORTAGE

... French Charges MUNITIONS SHORTAGE EV ENTS in Flanders during the critical period from May 19, when General Weygand took over the Supreme Command of the Allied Forces on the Western Front, to the evacuation from Dunkirk, were revealed in London yesterday ...

Published: Monday 08 July 1940
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 7 | Tags: none