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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1949,-
WINSTON CHUrchill's war MEMOIRS: THE SECOND BOOK
THEIR FINEST HOUR
Tidings
"Hard And Heavy
On May 28, 1940, when the Dunkirk evacuation about to start, Mr. Churchill
War
I had not seen many of my colleagues outside the Cabinet, except individually, since the formation of the Government, and I thought it right to have a meeting in my room at the House of Common of all Ministers of Cabinet
than rank other
War
the
was in the balance. Then I said
were
By Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister to General Spears
29.V.48 (Paris), Following for Reynaud for con- to Weygand and munication
Georges: we have evacuated nearly 50,000 from Dunkirk and beaches, and hope another 30,000 tonight. Front may be besten in at any time, or piers, beaches and ship- ping rendered unusable by air attack, and also by artillery fire from, the South West. No one
calls fast bow much
tell how long present good|
can have for future. We wish French troops to share In evacuation to fullest possible extent, and Admiralty have been instructed to aid French Marine as required. We do not know how mapy
will be
be forced to capi- tulate, but we must share this toss together as best we can, and, above all, bear it without reproaches arising from inevit- able confusion, atresses and strains.
Good Morning!
Two
men arrested for trying tu do a devi with a supposed black marketeor who turned out to ho a Chineso detective have boen released after proving that Chinese detectives they masquerading น black, mal keteers.
were
Only 40 per cent of British
ваувс households have baths, Board of Trade survey, Why worry? Nobody, has got any coal to store away these days, anyway.
rasps the bid save Diligent treb through tire hotels has failed to track down this highly publicred Individual.
Twa_can_Ilvese cheeply as one,
The insurance clerk wRefill- Ing up a questionnaire. "Have you ever had appendicitis," he asked. "I was onco operated on" replied the applicant, "but I never discovered whether it was appendicitis or just profes- sional curiosity."
At a ball given for charity, Bernard Shaw asked on old ladly to dance. As they waitzed she said archly:
"Whatever made you ask a
like me
to poor little thing dance with you?”
"Well," sald C.B.S. "Isn't it a charity bull*"
our evacuated troops, and pre- pared forces necessary to safe- guard our life against threaton- od and perhaps imminent int- vasion, we shall build up a new B.E.F. from St. Namire. I am bringing regulare from Indią and Palestine: Australians and Canadians are arriving soon. are removing At present we equipment South of Amlan,
Has asked H.M. Govern- beyond what is needed for fivement for any and all old books on divisions. But this is only to get into order and meat impend- ing shock, and we shall shortly send you new schome for rein- forcement of our troops in France. I nord this in all com. radeship. Do not hesitate to speak frankly_to_me.
Lord Gort
warned Parliament to pre- the 20th were small, but they wore attacked, often by alugla aquadron pare itself for "hard and the forerunners of nearly 400 or less, and shot down in scores
cavy tidings," adding: small craft which from the 31st which presently added
Into destined "Nothing which may happen be ferryling tips almost 100,000 Force, our last sacred rester pilots
to play a vital part¦ hundreds.
The whole Metropolitan Air beaches to in this battle can in any way the of these days I missed the used. Sometimes the fighter Clear relieve us of our duty to de-mon, In fend the world cause to which head of my Admiralty Map-room, made four sorties a day. A clear
we have vowed ourselves."
Captain Pim, and one or two other result was obtained. The
superior familiar faces. They bad got hold enemy were bosten or killed and THERE wes-a-short-service to our for the big-mastered, Lor
of Intercession and Prayer days brought off 800 soldiers. Al-
clash, Unhappily, the troops on in Westminster Abbey. The together there came to the rescue on cowed. This was a decisivo English are loathe to expose of the Army under the consoless the bouches saw very little of this air bombardment of the enomy epic conflict in the air often miles their feelings, but in my stall about 850 vessels, of which nearly away or above the clouds. They in the Choir I could feel the 700 were British and the rest know "hothing of the loss inflicted pent-up passionate emotion, Allled.
on the enemy. All they felt was and also the fear of the con- On The Beaches
the bombs scourging the beaches, cast by the foen who had got gregation, not of death or
Meanwhile ashore around Dun-through, but did not perhaps re- wounds or material loss, but kirk the occupation of the peri- turn. There was even a bitter of defeat and the final ruin meter was effected with precision, anger in the Army against the Air of Britain.
The troopa arrived out of chaos Force, and some of the troops! and were formed in order along landing at Dover or at Thames As soon as we have roorganised the defences, which even in two
port in their Ignorance insulted days had grown. Those men whe men in Air Force uniform. They were in best ahape turned about should have clasped their hande: to form the line. Divisions like but how could they know? In the Second and Fifth, which had Parliament I took pains to spread auffered most, were held in reserve the truth. barked early. In the first instance all the prowess in the air would on the beaches and were then em-7 But all the aid of the sand and . there were to be three Corps on have been vain without the sea. the front, but by the 20th Cabinet Members. We were shortened it so that two sufficed. The Shatructions given ten or floral tributes in their recent perhaps 25 round the table. The enemy had closely followed twelve days before had under the prekstre and emotion of events described the course of events, the withdrawal, and hard fighting borne amazing fruit. Perfect and I showed them plainly was incessant, especially on the discipline prevailed ashore and whore we were, and all that flanks 'near Nieuport and Berg and fro between the shore and tho
afloat.
The sea was calm. To As the evacuation went on the LOYAL CITIZENS quite casually, and not treating steady decrease in the number of ships plied the little boats, gather- As we said only the other it as a point of special signi- troops, both British and Fronch, ing the men, from the bencher an ficance: "Of course, whatever as accompanied by a correspond they waded out or picking them day, there seemed to be re- markably little preparation happens at Dunkirk, we shall action of the defence. From the water, with total Indi
On the beaches among the sund ference to the air bombardment | fight on "
dunes, for three, four or five days which often claimed its victims. for the campaign to recruit
There occurred a demonstration scores of thousands of men dwelt Their numbers alone defied air
On the 30th I held a meeting of volunteers for the new Hong which, considering the character of under unrelenting air attack. attack. The Mosquito Armada as the three Service Ministers and Kong Defence Force. No the gathering 25 experienced | Hitler's bellef that the German a whole was unsinkable.
the Chiefs of Staff in the Admiral- In the posters, no slogans, no brass politicians and Parliament man, Air Force would ronder
and events of the day on the Belgian he to the Island people, united band parades, no use of the who represented all the different Impossible, and that therefore midst of our defeat, glory came War Room. We considered the coast. The total number of troops no advertise. Pots of view, whether right or should keen his armoured forma-] unconquerable; and the tale of the brought of had risen to 120,000, ' silver screen,
before the war-surprised tions for the final stroke of the Dunkirk beaches will shino Wrong įments.
Also, it turns out, me. Quite a number seemed to campaign, was a mistaken but not whatever records are preserved of vessels of all kinds were at work. Including only 6,000 French; 960 on the first day there were jump up from the table and come unreasonable view.
our affairs. Notwithstanding the running to my chair, shouting and
message from Admiral Wake sometimes no forms.
Walker at Dunkirk said that, in There is patting me on the back. The authorities can take
no doubt that had I at this june-
spite of intense bombardment and both satisfaction and blame ture faltered at all in the leading
air attack, 4,000 men had been from the events that mark-of the nation, I should have been
embarked in the previous hour. He also thought that Dunkirk Jed the opening day. More hurled out of office. I was aure
Rself would probably be untenable than 500 people queued up to that every Minister was ready to be killed quite soon, and have all
by the next day, register-many more than
bs family and possessions destroy expected. But the facilities ed, rather than give in, In this for dealing with them were they represented the House of
almost Соттола and woefully
and Ca inadequate
people. lacking in organisation. By coming days and months to ex- some remarkable act of press their sentiments on sito e negligence, the Club de Re-pecasions. This I was able to do, one to because they were mine also. creio was given no
There was a white glow, over- deal with applicants, and not
powering, sublime, which TAN a single form was available. Through our Island from end to The officer in charge at the end. Kowloon Cricket Club had to cope with far too many Ever since the 20th the gather- people,-and-was-obliged-tong of shipping and small-craft- |distribute forms to be com- had been proceeding under the pleted later. From yester-control of Admiral Ramsay who evening of the 26th (657 p.) MIDDLE EAST - WEST AFRICA · EAST AFRICA day, the four clubs have been commanded at Dover.
an Admiralty signal put "Opera-
Three factors falsified his ex-] vallant work of the small craft it j then Dynamo" into play, and the firat troops were brought home pectations. First, the incessant must not be forgotten that the that night. After the loss of air-bombing of the
heaviest burden
он fell Boulogne and Calais only the ro- troops along the seashore did them ships plying from, Dunkirk bar» SOUTH AFRICA - PAKISTAN - INDIA · CEYLON HKVDC headquarters.
thirds of the malas of the port of Dunkirk and very little harm. So far, the great majority the open beaches
next to the plunged into the soft sand which bour where two
embarked. The des- our muffled their explosions. In the men were of applicants have been Chin-Belgian frontier
troyers played the predominant hands. At this
was early stages, after a crashing air part. time it' of the
Nor must the great part. ese, many of them
thought that the most we could raid, the troops were astonished to played by the personnel ships with rescue was about 43,000 men in find that hardly anybody had been their merchantile crew be over- an indeter- labouring class,
Everywhere mined percentage being liter-two days. Early the next morning, killed or wounded.
there had been explosions, but looked. The number of Euro. May 27, emergency measures were
who have signed on taken to and additional small craft scarcely anyone was
A rocky shoro would have pro There was, nover any question the dotted line has not yet "for a special requirement."
On the suggestion of Mr. II. C.duced far more deadly results of our leaving the French behind. been announced, but un-Riggs, of the Ministry of Ship. Presently the soldiers regarded the Here was my order before any re- from the official comments have not ping, the various boatyards, from crouched in the sand dunes with quest or complaint
were been too enthusiastic. It is Teddington to Brightliners, and
composure and growing hope. French was received:
Secretary of likely, however, that private sarched by Admiralty
State for War, C.I.G.S. and unfriendly men. Beyond it tho firms will apply for forms for yielded upwards of 40 serviceable Before them lay the grey but not Prime Minister to
Taubches motorboats or
General Ismay.
29.V.40. their staff, and individuals
rescuing ahips and-Home.
It is essential that the French will volunteer in their own
RAF Trumph
should share in such evacuations The second factor which Hitler
from Dunkirk as may be, po wa good time, so it is too early London docks, tugs, from the had not foreseen was the slaughter
sible. Nor inust they be depen- at this stage to make any Thames, yachts, fishing, craft, of his airmen. Brillish and Ger- dent only upon their own ship- ping resources. Arrangements It is also not clear at the ghters, barges and pleasuro-] man air quality was put directly
boats-anything that bo
could
of to the test. By Intense effort
must be concerted at once with Command maintained the French Missiona this use along the beaches, were called Fighter
country; or, if necessary, with the French Government, so that 'nu roproaches, as Low as pos- sibic, may arise. It might par-
two French Divisions from Dun- kirk, and replaced them pro tem
plifying the Command. But let me have the best proposals pos- sible," and adviss, me' ‚whether "there is any action I should take.
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Diagram of DUNKIRK PERIMETER 29&30 May
manses of
Tho bomba
the worse. French Included. ́
air attacks with contempt.
in
the
pos-
to service. By the night of the successive patrols over the scene 27th a great tide of small vessels and fought the enemy at long odds. began to fow towards the sea, first | Hour after hour they bit into the loyalty and political reli- to our Channel ports, and thence German fightor
Bomber ability of many of the in-. to the beaches of Dunkirk and the squadrons, taking a heavy toll;haps be well if we evacuated the
beloved, Army.
scattering them and driving thei digenous inhabitants is 巋 The Admiralty did not hesitate away. Day after day this went matter-for-conjecture, to arm to give full rein to the spontaneous on, till the glorious-victory-of-the-with our own troops, thus sim- and give military training to movement which swept the 808-Royal Air Force was gained. anyone who comes along faring population of our South Whorever German alreraft were would be unwise in the ex- and
Eastern shores. Every encountered, sometimes in fortles South treme. It is no secret that one who had a boat of any kind, and fifties, they were. Instantly sleem or sail, put out for Dunkirk,
dublety on this point is keep and the preparations, fortunately
ing many trustworthy per- begun K Wock earlier, wore now sons sitting on the fence aided by the brilliant improvisa-
until reassurance is officially tion of volunteers on an amazing DO YOU given that the. new, force will scale. The numbers arriving be one which a man can be proud to join".
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Special Constabularyities. Those who have bitterCHAN rather than the military ser- memories about:"last time". vice. The feeling is wide should find in the con- spread that the Colony la stabulary something to which KONG? quito indefensible to inva they can devote themselves sion, and that in any case an with zeala
armed attack is highly un-
Nevertheless, considerable
likely. What is probable/la tightening up needs to be Can internal insurrection, foment done, regarding the whole 18 ed by interested parties, and campaign-if such It can be, tekint the sober elements with a called. The doubts." and swar i stake in the community may hesitationa;/ of »marty. honest | Saven, well decide to aid in the pro- citizens cannot longer by
their. homes, ignored.
I emphasised the urgent need of goiting of more French troops. To fail to do
obie harm might do irrepar the relations between i also ourselves and our Ally, said that when the British strength was reduced to that of a corps we ought to tell Lord Gort to embark and return to England, leaving a Corpa Commander in charge. The Eritish Army would have to stick it out as long as possible, so that the evacuation of the Fratich could! continue.
of
Knowing well the character
• Lord Gort, I wrote out in my own -hand-the-following order-to-him, which www sant officially by the War Office at 2 p.m. on the 30th; Continue to defend the present perimeter to the utmost in order
to cover maximum evacuation now proceeding well. Kopon very three hours through La Panne. If we can still com- municate we shall send you an order to return to England with; such officers as you may choose | at the moment when to deem your' command so reduced that it can be handed over to a Corps
can Commander. You should now nominate this commander.
Didi
Indian history. Now that they know where they're going, they seem to be trying to find out where they've been.
An American professor says the Ruaglans will be able to masa- produco atom-bombe. But even■ custom-built one could be quite unpleasant.
Thank
"He runs better when chasing
cigarettes [
you should be ordered to carry on the defence in conjunction with the French and evacuation whether from Dunkirk or the beaches, but when in his judg ment no further
organised evacuation is possible and no further proportionate damage can be infileted on the enemy he is authorised in consultation with the senior French Com- mander to capitulate formally to avald useless slaughter.
If communications are broken you are to hand over and return ba specified whan your effective nachting force does not exceed the equivalent of three divisions. This is in accordance with cor- reet military procedure, and no
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