... their aim of finding enough money for a squadron of Spitfires to aveuge the sinkiml the lner Lancastria during the Flanders evacuation and the machine-gunning of the survivors with incendiary bullets as they etraggled in the oil covered sea. 2 >y A s ...

... he would not press the case. Wilkins, according to the officer, was to be relied upon in all his the Battle of Flanders and the evacuation from Dunkirk hedng particularly ontstanding. The magistrates dismissed the summons on payment da costs. ...

... where employed Landleea'a Mill, Gunner called up withthe Territorial! at the outbreak of war. He (erred in Flanders, and wfa in the. Dunkirk evacuation. ...

... they looked in Flanders more than twenty years ago. Evacuation From Three Ports The scene at the embarkation was a fantastic one. Day and night thousands upon thousands of men poured into the town from all parts of the line. Evacuation was from three ...

... Towneley Colliery before being called up* with the Territorials in August, 1939, and served with anti-aircraft; battery the evacuation from Dunkirk, Mid later from Greece. • —. Mrs. Dean, of 9, Quarry-street, Burnley, has been notified that her husband, Driver ...

... _ August. 1940, we published an interesting letter from him In which described his experiences the Battle Flanders, leading up to the evacuation. In that letter. Pte. Cunllffe stated that the first reality war came the form continuous stream refugees ...

... Londonderry said he felt very strongly that there should be given a full account of that splendid achievement, the Battle of Flanders, which reflected as much glory and honour on the British arms as any feat of arms in the past. I feel there should be no ...

... is revealed in his despatches, issued today, on the campaign in France and Flanders, in which he lifts the veil on the tragic events which culminated in the Dunkirk evacuation. Another revelation is that by May 10, the R.A.F. in Prance, battling valiantly ...

... the assumption is that the German Army will concentrate on the North Sea front. Military Feat Of Retirement The reported evacuation of the British in Greece with the bulk of their equip” ment is a fine piece of military craftsmanship. Berlin claims to ...

... Libya. was 26, and was on the staff of the Fairfield Garages, Holyhead. He had taken part in the Battle of Flanders and the Dunkirk evacuation. . the general question asked at the Chester poultry sale to-day. Instead of about 12,000 of various sorts of ...

... WEYGAND “PLAN” SURPRISE LORD GORT’S despatches on the campaign in France and Flanders, issued to-day, lift the veil upon the tragedy which culminated in the Dunkirk evacuation. The Commander-in-Chief describes how the B.E.F. were left unsupported on each ...

... the campaign in Flanders it was proved again and again that infantry could defend positions even against armoured fighting vehicles and air attacks. It was infantry who held the Dunkirk bridgehead and made is x possible for the evacuation to be carried ...