THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 26, 1940
RIFLE
HOW THREE BATTALIONS SAVED B.E.F.
Epic Story Of The Defence Of Calais
London, To-day.
The epic story of the defence of Calais by three bat- talions of the Rifle Brigade was told in an au- thoritative statement issued in London yester- day. The battalions were ordered to hold the town and did not realise that by their gallantry they were saving the B.E.F.
DUKE OF
KENT IN LISBON
London, To-day.
it is learned authoritatively that the Duke of Kent arrived re- pently in Lisbon where he is re- presenting the King at the nation- al celebrations of the 800th an- niversary of Portuguese indepen- dence. Reuter.
DR. WELLINGTON KOO NOW IN SPAIN
NAZIS QUISLING IN NORWAY
London, To-day..
A Nazi plot to undermine the position of the King of Norway is revealed by M. Koht, Norwegian Foreign Minister.
German usurpers, he said, tried to get representatives of the Norwegian people to agree that King Haakon should put aside his constitutional functions. A new council would then be formed to take over the functions of the King and his Government.
No matter how the scheme was carried out, the arrangements would Madrid, To-day. be under the pressure of 1 foreign Among those who entered Spain army and would never express the
lington Koo, Chinese Ambassador to Koht declared.-Reuter. France.
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The units concerned were a battalion of the 60th
Rifles, a battalion of the Queen Victoria's Rifles last night from France was Dr. Wel- will of the Norwegian people, M. and a battalion of the Royal Tank Regiment.
On the morning of May 26, after| heavy fighting in previous days, a flag of truce was passed through the British lines to the brigadier and શ demand for immediate surrender made; this was refused.
At 9 a.m. a heavy bombardment began, accompanied by almost inces- sant dive bombing. Our defensive position and the inner town were re- duced to a shambles and set in flames.
Constantly In Action
The brigade had little or no sleep or rest from May 21 to May 26, being constantly on the move and fighting. Food, water and ammunition were all short and it had been impossible to disembark much of their equip- ment. The watermains had been de- stroyed at an early stage.
WAR MEMORIES
25 YEARS AGO
(From the "China Mail" files).
June 26, 1915.
-There was a rather lively night in the region between the Rivers Aisne and Oise. The Germans made a violent attack on Bagatelle, but were driven back after an extremely hot struggle.
General Sukhomlinoff, the Russian Minister of War, has resigned.
A large number of Americans from France crossed the frontier, being Bilbao sent by the U.S. Embassy to pending arrangements to take them off.
The U.S. destroyer Dickerson is standing by at. Bilbao in order to evacuate the staff of the U.S. Embassy to Poland and part of the U.S. Em- bassy to France, though Mr. William Bullitt (the Ambassador) and a small staff remain in Paris.-Reuter.
FRENCH TROOPS CROSS INTO SWITZERLAND
Montreux, To-day.
Lieutenant M. E. Nasmith has been A body of 1,200 exhausted French awarded the Victoria Cross for most troops, including a general, are re- conspicuous bravery while command-ported to have crossed the Swiss bor- Late on the night of May 26 the bat-ing a submarine in the Sea of Marder and to have been interned. tle was finished. Overwhelmed by mora. In the face of great danger, All rail. communications between vastly superior numbers and weight of he sank a large Turkish gunboat, two Switzerland and France have been armament, this gallant force held out transports, an ammunition ship and cut and postal traffic between. Switzer- four days, engaging two heavy arm- three store-ships, while a third store-land, France and Britain suspended.—— oured divisions which had been des- ship was driven ashore. tined to cut off the B.E.F., and thus permitting it to embark.
In addition, it is believed a third armoured division had been diverted to Calais by the Germans.
Feat Of Arms
The overwhelming superiority of the enemy,
both In numbers and metal, never really gave the British a chance, it is stated, and that they held the enemy for four days was
a remarkable feat of arms.
An officer of the Queen Victoria's Rifles who was taken prisoner, escap- ed and rowed in a dinghy alone across the Channel. Reuter.
OFF THE RECORD
DOOR MATS
Reuter.
By ED REED
SIR RONALD CAMPBELL
SEES THE KING
London, To-day."
Sir Ronald Campbell, British Am- bassador to France, was received in audience by the King at Buckingham Palace last evening.-British Wire-
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