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MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1940.

日八廿月四

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75 Per Cent of Allied Troops Reported Saved

FURTHER

GREAT

Northumberland

SUPERB The Duke Of

B.E.F. Dies In Action FEAT

'Lost' Brigade Fights

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Way To Freedom June LONDON, (Reuter)-It is learned au- thoritatively that a British infantry brigade embarked this morning from a beach north of Dunkirk,

This brigade had been in the midst of the fighting in Flanders throughout. It was among the] troops which led the advance into Belgium, and it had fought in the rearguard action from the furthest point reached by the B.E.F. to the gates of Dunkirk.

The Brigadier, landing in England, said: "My men never once gave way. They beat back every German attack, and every time they retreated, it was when ordered and only as far as ordered."

One day the Brigade marched over 40 miles In-24 hours.

LONDON, June 2 (Reuter). -It is announced that the Duke of Northumberland was killed in action. He was aged 27.

The ninth Duke, he succeed. ed to the title in 1930. He was Parliamentary Private Secret- ary to the Lord Privy Sent In Pri- 1935, and Parliamentary

vate Secretary in the Secretary of Sinte for Air In 1936. He was a Lieutenant in the Sup- Reserve of the plementary Grenadier Guards.

Hugh His brother, Lord Algernon Percy, who is 26. succeeds him to the title.

FRANCE'S ALCAZAR

Heroic Resistance In Calais Citadel

PARIS, June 2 (Reuter).-A military spokesman here to-day described the achievement of the Allied detachment, composed mainly of British troops, in LONLON, June 2 (Reuter)"The holding the citadel of Calais as tremendous moral feat of the retreat-a brilliant and worthy feat.

Tremendous Moral Feat

He

OF

DETAILS EVACUATION

NAVY CREATES "SHIELD OF FIRE" TO PREVENT NAZI DESCENT ON DUNKIRK

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

—WELL-INFORMED QUARTERS IN LON--| LONDON, JUNE 2.(UP) DON CLAIM THAT BETWEEN 75 AND 80 PER CENT, OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AND ITS ALLIES, THE FRENCH NORTHERN ARMY AND THE REMNANTS OF THE BELGIAN ARMY HAVE BEEN SNATCHED FROM WHAT APPEARED 96 HOURS AGO TO BE CERTAIN ANNIHILATION.

The most incredible manoeuvre in military history has been carried out with clock-like precision, almost as if a regular peace-time ferry service were in operation between Dunkirk and English ports.

All Kinds of Craft

Every conceivable kind of craft has been used-dirty little oilers, pleasure steamers, barges, fishing boats, river tramps and even motor launches crossing the Channel under intensely fierce. German air and long-range artillery opposition.

day

ing armies gives evidence of the inner declared that it was one of the now powers and resistance by the leaders most heroic examples of siege which cannot be too highly praised," states the "National Zeltung," Warfare.

Berne-newspaper

Ralph Heinzen's Graphic Story

By RALPH HEINZEN, United Press War Correspondent PARIS, June 2 (UP).—Even the arrival of fifteen fresh German divisions to- could not break the indomitable defence of Dunkirk to-day.

The fiery courage of the handful of remaining British and French soldiers is aided by two allies.

Flood-waters from the breached locks of the Yser River are protecting the

He said that the Itle garrison-defenders of Dunkirk on two flanks.

"Such a fulfilment of duty under which was-being-provisioned by hopeless circumstances and against parachutes and supported by the air uninterrupted attacks on all sides force, was holding of German forces cannot be achieved by mere super-which were considerably larger ficial discipline, contines the paper. number.

"The explanation lies rather in the

ity

The fort was not modernised but Inspiring strength of character which the walls were stit strong. has its roots in the virile determine- tion and internal self-confidence of each individual soldier.

I

Insurmountable For Tanks The deep cusemates provide

bombing. excellent shelter from

.an

"The great rear-guard action in Although breaches have been made Flanders, which was not a senseless in the stone ramparts, a sheer drop battle of despair, but an act of con- from the top of the ramparts to the selous and disciplined self-sacrifice, ground provides an insurmountable has brought back to the comfortless obstable to tanks.

The embarkation of troops from and horrifle picture of inodern, war- fare something of the nobility of the Dunkirk urea, stated a spokes- ciussle heroism."

man, was still being actively carried out at a normal speed despite new Nazis Report

[difficulties.

24 hours, During the past BERLIN, June 2 (Reuter}~~~~To- day's communique states that the air enemy have brought up heavy long- round Dunkirk to forced combated the attempts of the range artillery remnant of the defeated BEF to cover the ports and beaches to the of the ships salling off Dunkirk. south-west and north-cust "Four warships and 11 transportstown,

Violent Air Attacks aggregating 54,000 tons, were Bunk.

escape

*Fourteen warships,

namely, two

It

the

"Suicide" Rearguard

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FLASHBACK TO NORWAY

THE WAR in Franco and Flanders had withdrawn interest from Norway. This photograph, just received by air mail, shows how. In the back- German bombers are still active in Scandinavia. ground is a Norwegian church, completely gutted by incendiary bombs.

78 German Planes Destroyed in 14 Hours

NAZI AIR LOSSES

PILING

UP

LONDON, June 2 (Reuter)The Air Ministry an-

STANDING nounces that 78 Nazi bombers and fighters were destroyed

FIRM AT DUNKIRK Thrilling Story Of Allied Heroism LONDON, June 2 (Reuter).

or severely damaged over the the beaches of Dunkirk between dawn and 7 p.m. on Saturday.

The men ashore have been literally scooped up in handfuls from the beaches and from the surf. In tens of thousands they are being dumped at British ports while the Allied navies and the Royal Air Force have plastered the hills of Flanders in order to create a shield of fire behind which the Allied "suicide" rear-guard is-The Germans are trying hard to wipe out the rearguards and holding off overwhelming divisions of Germans garrison at Dunkirk, but our from the jumping-off points. ARMADA OF SHIPS TO RESCUE

Massed artillery are from shore and from warships off-shore have created a barrage of shells along the remaining twelve miles of roads around the seaport.

Back and forth between Dunkirk, Dover and other British

To a large extent, the beaches are cruisers, two light cruisers, one anti-contributing greatly to the safety of ports, an armada of every conceivable type of vessel even the men embarking since sold paddle-wheel excursion steamers have joined in the rescue evacuate the aircraft cruiser, six destroyers, two the

operations-has forrled by day and by night to torpedo boats, and one speed-bout possible to disperse detachments over as well as 38 merchantmen were in wide area.

While their heavy artillery is firing British, French, Belgian and Dutch armies. damaged by bomb hits.

"Many boats, barges and, tugs without interruption, the Germans.

launched further violent THE SECOND CORUNNA capsized and troop concentrations on have the Dunkirk beaches were effectively successive air bombardments.

The Allied planes have replied by bombed.

mass attacks and have inflicted serious losses, not only on German bombers but on land forces.

"A German speed-boat torpedoed

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Swiss Shoot Down Planes

Costly Nazi Raids On Rhone Valley

The Allied machines are attacking the German shock columns and also

the heavy bailariem.

They have caused great ravages among the 15 German divisions who into Д are estimated to be packed

of area. district round the fortified Dunkirk,

The operation has succeeded beyond the most optimistic dreams of General Weygand and the British General Staff.

Already the defence Dunkirk has been written in history na "the second Corunna", because it parallels Sir John Moore's, famous stand at that Spanish port in January, 1809 with other British Expeditionary Forcer- after a terrible retreat in mid-winter over the snowbound mountains of Galicia.

an-

troops are resisting with admir- able vigour and are standing firm.

The Germans have been

numbers. closing in steadily and in great All the time their bombers keep the Allied up their attacks and

with devastating reply #ghters counter-attacks always with the odds against them, while our bombers deal with the German troops who are coming closer and closer.

Up To Necks In Sand The Germans have been able to bring up long-range artilery all around Dunkirk, and this adds to the of disembarkation, But dangers which our troops can disperte over a there are some miles of beaches over

wide area.

This sets a new record for fighter pilots. Sixteen British aircraft are missing.

Squadrons of Hurricanes and Spitfires flew high above the French Fens all day guarding the convoys which are bringing the B.E.F, rear-guard home.

Huge formations of Nazi bombers, escorted by fighters, attempled to sink the ships,

They did not lack targets for the sea was thick with craft of all kinds.

But when they attempted to bomb the ships, the fighters

Most of their bomba foll into the attacked and drove them off.

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32 Fighters Down

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Many Junkers, Heinkels, Dorniers. and Messerschmitts soon crashed in- to the sea after their bombs,

It certain that 32 of fighters have been destroyed.

One Hurricane plot was disabled in combat. He landed on the beach and walked 15 miles carrying his parachute to Dunkirk. He got a lift home to Folkestone in a paddle- steamer and rejoined his squadron. Bome of the troops who aro

He was on patrol duty the next day. waiting for their turn have been

The test bag on Saturday went to des- in the sand up to their necks for

the Spilare squadron which safety.

German bombers troyed. 12 In England, the troops are given the Oghters in one short action. same tumultuous welcome that they in the day, they went up again and are given at the ports at which they

shot down another six planes.

thei arrive, Crowds wait at railway sta It was a bnd day for tions, level crossings and bridges to

Messerschmitts. Two British fighter

for The Frenchmen are fighling their catch a glimpse of them, and where squadrons alone accounted way to the coast in small squares ever the trains stop, the soldiers are composed of tanks inside which the given food, chocolate and cigarettes. Messerschmitts.

At one station, 'a train carrying

Action In Flanders their infantrymen

supply and

about 700 soldiers met a train carry-

The Air Ministry announces that on columns are sheltered.

Repeated German attempts are 750 children away to a safety

area... They were separated by only Saturday the medium bombers of the made to break their squares bthe width of the platform. The RAF, continued to support the rear- each attempt is repulsed and the children were singing and cheering, guard action of the Allied armies in cumbersome

for it was a holiday for most of them,Flanders. employing the type of defence and some of the older soldiers, who Repeated attacks were made on the which shattered Napoleon

were looking forward to meeting their enemy's communications, roads and bridges and also on ammunition Waterloo over & ocutury are families, were deeply moved.

dumps and troops. gradually drawing nearer to Dunej Kirk.

.

French Escaping

German pressure on the be-near Llege are all battling their way aicged camp at Dunkirk has towards the const.

Several small units of this army lessened greatly today, despite arrived to-day. Allied Troops Take Toll PARIS, June 2 (Reuter)Apart the arrival of 15 fresh German from the vigorous action of the Allied divisions, and despite the mass- ale force, the Germans are also susing of long-range artillery near taining losses at the hands of Allied the Flanders hills. PARIS, June 2 (Reuter).—Astroops defending the fortifled area.

Artillery Raker Beschos third German bomber

These Allied troops are continuing

With this artlifery the Germans are brought down by Swiss fighters to resist with the utmost vigour at

various points south-west of Dunkirk raking the beaches around Dunkirk to-day.

New big German onslaughts are in search of the Allled troops massed Two others were brought down on continually thrown back.

In the sand dunes, still patiently the to awaling their turn to board Saturday on their way to the Rhone

ferry fleet. Valley,

Half a million fresh German troops

Was

•

German Infantry are trying make headway despite the food.

bodies

of men

It is a terrible, merciless struggle, Later this particular formalleon was attacked by the French, who brought Every man who falls dead or wound-thrown into the closing phase of the down four or possibly five more. ed immediately disappears under the Battle of Flanders failed to prevent

Free Postage Facilities General Blanchard from despatching It is now learned that at least 56 surface of mud and water. wera killed and 100 injured in Satur- French Navy's Part tens of thousands of men to England PARIS June 2 (Router)It is 10-day and by nightfall a large part

soldier and gave him the chocolate of the Allied armies of the north had

one litle girl went up to a French

Was and over 200 Frence merchantmen

the long journey; 'n maj It is generally admitted that he Incidentally, all the French soldiers ranging from converted liners to Channel,

Dunkirk is atili being hold because On their way back, the Germans trawlers have taken part in the do-

PLEASE Turn To Pago 7. postage for their letters back home. encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire fence of Dunkirk and the evacuation General Prioux's armoured divisions will be with the rearguard of his landing in Britain are getting free which broke through the Nazi cordon }

day's raids in the Rhone Valley.

Marseilles where the harbour

Only one of General Prioux's armoured divisions is unaccounted General himself.

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Four planes were brought down atisfated here that 100 French warshipa aiready ronchod safety, across the for and there is still no ridtys. of the which she had been given to eat on attacked military objectives in Gorel

bombed. A British ship was hit.

at Alsace,

of the Allies from Flanders.

During the night operations were Oller formations of heavy bombers continued by heavy bombers.

mony, and marshalling yards af column of motor Hamm and Osnabrück were hit.

At Rheine,

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