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GALLANT LAST STAND OF BRITISH AT ST. VALERY

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THE STORY OF A GALLANT last stand by British troops at St. Valery en Caux, between Dieppe and Le Havre, is told by a French liaison officer.

Fighting magnificently in retreat, he said, they reached St. Valery, which was being shelled and bombed from the air. When the Germans came into the town, the British troops charged up the streets with fixed bayonets.

"The British were magnificent," he said. They man- ned barricades in the street and sang songs as they took cover from the shells.

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The nearest boats.were some miles. In a village near Boulogne, away, off a beach swept by machine-were stopped by a German sailor and naval officer, who gun fire. The officer finally managed taken before a to swim out to one.

asked for their passports.

Men were still making their way but down to the beach, he said,

them I don't "what happened: to know."

"I only know that your troops fought and fought and

gave in!" he concluded.

British never

Another Little Epic Corporal Hanley, of a certain Bri- tish regiment, tells of another gal- lant story, which began when he and in two others were taken prisoner. Boulogne and were locked up in church under armed guard.

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On the eighth day, they managed to overpower, the sentry, and get into a wood, where they hid for four days, this time without food. Then French farmer found them and gave them: food.

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That night, they met some Bel- gian refugees, who. helped to dia

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guise them as-onion- sollera. days, they wandered around, trying to get in touch with either the Bri- tish or French Army.

Then they found that they had gone in a complete circle and were back in Boulogne again! -.-

By this time, they had been joined by another Tommy, who had been locked up in another,prison, bad picked a lock and got away on a bicycle,

Lost A Quid!

:- But there were hundreds of refugees without passports, and he gave them the benefit of the doubt-although it

nearly broke. Corporal Hanley's heart when had to throw a £1 note away 1 fore they were examined.

They got to the coast just in time to see three British bombers destroy a German headquarters.

They tried to find a boat.. Two French girls told them where they could And one and helped them drag It don to the water.

Just as they were about to put off, they heard a shout, and thought that But it was only the game was up. two French soldiers, who joined them. One of them had a compass, but no one knew anything about sailing.

They rowed hard to get clear of the coast: by daylight, and then con- tinued rowing until huge blisters came up on their hands. A British ship then found them and took them safely to England. Reuter,

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