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GENERAL

FAILURE TO WITHDRAW FROM BELGIUM

RESTORES COST FRENCH VERY

COST FRENCH VERY HEAVILY IN MEN

Dental Plates

to

Natural Colour

BEFORE

AFTER

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DELAY THREW WHOLE OF THE B.E.F. More Air Force

OUT OF ACTION FOR CRITICAL TIME

LONDON, June 18 (Reater) The House of Commons . was packed full yesterday when Mr. Churchill made what mis re- garded as the most important speech of the war, and rave a dramatic account of the events which led to France's approach to Germany to end the hostilities.

Mr. Churchill said. "I spoke the other day of the colossal, military disaster which occurred when the French High Com- mand failed to withdraw the northern armies from Belgium at the moment when they knew that the French Front had cisively been broken at Sedan and on the Meuse.

de-

"

"This delay entailed the loss of 25 divisions of best troops, bast 13 or 16 French. divisions, and trained and equipped, might have threw out of

for that turned the scale. action, critical period, the whole British Expeditionary Force.

"

BATTLE. OF FRANCE "Our" Army and 120,000 French troops, indeed, were rescued by

WEYGAND HANDICAPPED

• "However, General Weygand had to night without them. Only three British divisions or their equiva- lent, were able to stand in line

shal it, and conduct it across the

sea

Successes

without any powerful naval FOUR ENEMIES

force to escort it...

SHOT

DOWN !

"And there would be a very great possibility that it would be

LONDON, June 19 (Reuter)- intercepted long before it reach-A bulletin. Issued by the Ar

ed the coast and that the men Ministry, states that last evening would be drowned or blown to three Spitfires mat three Junker pieces with their equipment while 88's between Bologne and Le Tou... trying to land.

quet, and each Spitfire, took on one of the dive bombers.

"We" also have a great sys- tem of minefields which were recently strongly reinforced. Through these minefields we alone know the channels.

"If the enemy tries to sweep passages through these mine- fields it will be the task of the Navy to destroy his mine- sweepers and any other forces employed to protect them.

One was seen to Crash into the ses and another dived into the cloud with flame pouring from its starboard motor. The rear guns of the third were aflenced before the Spitfire pilot runde his final attack

one

On the way home from Northern France yesterday morning. Royal Air Force Blenheim fighter saw a Heinkel seaplane below him. NOVEL TREACHERIES.

He dived 9,000 feet to attack There ought to be no difficulty and after a chase for a few miles this owing to our great su-shot down the Heinkel in flames. perfority at sex.

the British Navy from Dunkirk, with their French comrades. They but only with the loss of all their have suffered severely but they Cannons, vehicles and modern have fought well (cheers). We equipment. This loss inevitably sent every man we could to took some weeks to repair, and in France as fast as we could re- the first two of those weeks the equip and transport their forma-la Battle of France was lost.

"When we consider the heroic resistance made by the French army at heavy odds in this Battle chicers) and the enormous losses Inflicted upon the enemy, and the evident exhaustion of the enemy. it may well be thought that those

Very Dark Blooze

Kindly rest on your oars, Timothy. That contraption is getting you nowhere. And it squeaks. And the Eron Boating Song is not in the key of D."

"What's up, Peter? Got a head?"

"Like a gasometer. Very pain-- ful. And that noise you're making goes through it like a pneumatic drill."

"Wam't I on the warpath by your side? And look at me — no more hangover than an nocent little child!!

** Well, it's not natural. It just

ALWAYS

proves that the Devil looks after " his own "

"I look after myself, old son. Last night I took a sizeable swig of Rose's Lime Juice before hitting the hay. That's how to kill off the aftermath of alcohol."

**You wouldn't lead me up the garden, Timothy ?,"

“Peter, you wrong me. I've seen the light and I'm passing on the tip."

ir

"Then, if you will kindly step ashore, we will seek out a vendor, of Rose's. It's time I fell into good habits,"

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tions.

"I am not reciting these facts for the purpose of recrimination."

THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1940.

Every Month as long as they live

strength of the Air Force in night comes a check that pays for everything

"These are regular, well-tested and well-proved arguments on which we have relied during many ers to be consumed. years in recent wars.

UNFORESEEN POWER "But the question is whether there are any

"This decision was painful · but new methods by it was also right because the which these solid assurances can fortunes in the battle in France be circumvented?

could not have been decisively affected even if we had thrown

our entire nighter forces

POSITION EXPLAINED "Lest the account I have given of these very large forces should raise the question, why they did not take part in the great battle for France. I must make it clear that apart from the divisions I "Odd as it may seem, some at training and organising at home, tenton has been given to this by only 12, were equipped to fight the Admiralty (Laughter) whose upon a scale which justified their prime duty and responsibility is having been sent abroad.

to destroy any large sea-borne ex-) "They

were fully up to the pedition before it reaches or at number which the French bad the moment it reaches these been led to expect would be avail- shores. able in France in the ninth month of the war.

"Our forces at home will, of course, steadily increase every week.

"An invasion of Great Britain would require the transportation across the seas of hostile armies upon a very large scale.. After they had been so transported they would have to be continually maintained with all the mass of munitions and supplies required for a continuous battle, as con- tinuous battle it would be.

OFFER TO MUSSOLINI! "Hera la where we come to the Navy,

"After all we have the (Cheers).

"Some people seem to that, We must remind

been

Navy!

"It would not be useful to into details.

"They might even suggest ideas to other people” that they had not thought of and they would not be likely to give any of their real ideas in exchange.

"All I will say is that un- tiring vigilance and mind searching must be devoted; to the subject because the enemy la crafty, cunning, and full 01. novel treacherles-and- strategeme

go

SUPERIOR AIR FORCE "The House may rest assured that the utmost ingenuity is be- ing displayed and the utrust Imagination is being evoked by large number of competent forget officers, who are well-trained and them. thoroughly up-to-date, to mea- For more than 30 years, I have sure and counteract novel pos- concerned in discussions sibilities of hich many are sug about the possibility of an over-gested, some are absurd but some seas invasion.

| are by no means utterly irrational.” "I took the responsibility on be

"But we have a very powerful} half of the Admiralty at the be-Air Force which has proved itself ginning of the last war of allow-far superior in quality, both in ing all the regular troops to be men and, in the many types of sent out of the country although machines, to what we have met our territorials had only Just been called up and were quite battles which have been fought.

so far in the numerous fierce' air

untrained.

"Italy is also coming to gain "In France, where we were, at

seu superfority in these waters..

A considerable disadavatage in

If that is seriously intended. I exposing many machines on the can only say that we shall be de-round in aerodromes, we were ac- lighted to offer Mussolini a safe customed to infilet a loss of from

two and 'two-and-half to one.. guarded passage through the Straits of Gibraltar in order that

"In the fighting at Dunkirk } which was a he may play the part he aspires

sort of No-Man's Land we undoubtedly beat the German Air Force and gained "There is genuine curiosity in mastery of the local air inflict- the British Fleet to find out whe-ing a loss on the enemy of three ther the Italians are up to the of four to one.

to.

"

THE ITALIAN NAVY

level at which they were in the "Anyone who looks at the photo: last war, (Laughter) or whether graphs, published a week or so they have fallen off at all (Re- ago at the embarkation, on seeing newed laughter).

the masses of troeps assembled

"Therefore it seems to me that on the beach forming an... Ideal as far as a sea-borne invasion on target for hours at a time must a great scale is concerned we are realise that this re-embarkation. far more capable of meeeting it would not have been possible un- today than we were at many less the enemy had resigned all periods during the last war and hope of recovering air superiority during early months of this war at that point.

before our other troops were

GREAT ADVANTAGES trained and while the BEF were

"In defence of this Island the abroad and are still abroad. advantages of the defence," will "The Navy has never pretended be very great and we shall hope fo be able to prevent raids by to improve upon the fate of three bodies of 5,000 or 10,000 men flung or four to one which we realised suddenly across, and thrown] in Dunkirk."

ashore at several points on the "In addition to all the injured coast on dark nights or foggy machines and their crews which mornings.

get down safely and a surpris "The efficacy of sea-power, es- tngly large number of Injured pecially under modern conditions, machines and men to get down depends on the invading force safely in modern air fighting--- being of a large size. It has to will in this attack fall on friendly be of a large size in view of our soff and live to fight another day. military strength to be of any Whereas all the injured enemy use And when it is of a large machines and their complements size, the Navy have something will be total losses as far the they can meet.

war is concerned. OUR MINEFIELDS

“During the great battle "We must remember that even France, we gave very powerful and Ave

divisions, however lightly Continuous aid to the French equipped, would require 200 to 250 Army both by fighters and by ships and with modern áir re- bombers. But in spite of every connaissance it would not be easy kind of pressure wa-never would to equip auch - an Armada, mar- allow the entire metropolitan:

"The battle was lost by an unforeseen power of the arm oured columns and by the very... Continued on Page, 3

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