... MESSAGE FROM DUNKIRK. A bottle thrown into the sea from the beaches at Dunkirk in May has just been washed ashore on the Isle of Man. It contained the names and addresses of some of the men waiting to be brought off by the famous rescue fleet of small ...

... SCOTTISH TROOPS IN DUNKIRK WITHDRAWAL 0 1 7 11 ...

... trawlers, was given leave just before the Dunkirk evacuation. He got into civilian clothe, borrowed a civilian identification card and enlisted for service on a small motor-boas. He made three trips to Dunkirk before rejoining his trawler. ...

... winter hut the Wool lifeboat when she returned damaged after Controller's slogan is: No shortage. if taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation. no wastaw Navy blue, medium green They have done the work and now refuse and golden nigger are among the colours ...

... failed to grasp w•as a great part of the B.E.F. Had their attacks succeeded, the road to the coast would have been cut and Dunkirk would have hero impossible. German advance westward from Comities on the southern flank, where part of the Oxfordshire and ...

... spite of the defection of King Leopold and the German break through on the other flank at sedan, it fought its way back to Dunkirk and five-sixths of it reached home. An outstanding exploit was the holding of Calais citadel for over a week by an improvised ...

... at least as important a part, and at times, as in the brilliant evacuations from the coast of France, from Rotterdam and Dunkirk right down to St. Jean de Luz, they add the glory et action under fire to the silent service cf continuous patrol round our ...

... instinctively dived to the shelter of gorse hushes (they had had the bitter experience of machinegunning by Nazi airmen near Dunkirk). After the 'planes (British 'planes on prac- tie° flights) had disappeared, they began gathering bilberries, which were plentiful ...

... FERRIED ACROSS CHANNEL. Among the donations which helped to swell the total was one from an officer, who was brought hack front Dunkirk aboard a minesweela•r. Kneksing a cheque for two guineas, he wrote:— I have managed to collect off each of four others, ...

... setbacks culminating in the major disaster of the French collapse marked the nadir of British fortunes. The marvel of the Dunkirk evacuation raised the spirits of our people. The valour of our airmen against mass attacks of enemy aircraft which were intended ...

... in the public mind due to this delay? Mr Duff Cooper—There were many cases of heroism connected with the evacuation from Dunkirk, and this is one which I regret did not get the full publicity it deserved. Mr Logan (Soc.. Scotland Division, Liverpool)—ln ...