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No. 10167

-拜體 號三月六英港香

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1940.

Per Cent of

of Allied

Allied Troops Reported

FURTHER

GREAT

Northumberland-

SUPERB The Duke Of

B.E.F. Dies In Action FEAT

'Lost' Brigade Fights

Way To Freedom LONDON, June 2 (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,

LONDON, June (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 the Lord Privy Seal in 1935, and Parliamentary Pri- vate Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air in 1936. He was a Lieutenant in the Sup- plementary Reserve of the Grenadier Guards.

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

Belgium, and it had fought in Mr. Eden Reveals 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 overy time they retreated, it was when ordered and only as far ordered."

4/5ths Of

One day the Brigade marched 40 miles in 24 hours.

as

over

Tremendous Moral Feat LONLON June 2 (Reuter). The tremendous moral feat of the retreut- ing armies gives evidence of the inner powers and resistance by the lenders which cannot be too highly praised," states-the-National Zellung.a

Trapped Armies Rescued

SPECIAL To the "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, June 2 (UP).—In. a broadcast to the United States to-day Mr. Anthony Eden. Minis newspaper.

Tuiniment of duty under ter-for-War, announced that-

Besuch

hopeless circumstances and against four-fifths. of the British Ex- uninterrupted attacks on all sides peditionary Force trapped in cannot be achieved by mere super Flanders have been rescued. ficial discipline." contines the paper. "The explanation les rather in the Inspiring strength of character which has its roots in the virile determina tion and internal self-confidence of each individual soldier,

He appealed to the United States for more planes and tanks

to smash Hitler's blitzkreig.

On the basis of his statement it is

Flanders, which was not a senseless 130,000 and 180,000 troops of the

B.E.F.

batile of despair, but an act of con- scleus and disciplined self-sacrifice,

日八十月四

Saved

OF

DETAILS EVACUATION

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

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH...

LONDON, JUNE 2 (UP),—WELL-INFORMED QUARTERS IN LON- 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.

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- day could not break the indomitable defence of Dunkirk to-day.

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

Flood-waters from the breached locks of the Yser River are protecting the defenders-of-Dunkirk-on-two-flanks.

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Suicide Rearguard

The men ashore have been literally scooped up in handfuls from the beaches and from the surf. In tens of thousands they are being

"The great rear-guard action in unofficially estimated that between dumped at British ports while the Allied navies have been brought safety and the Royal Air Force have plastered the hills across the Channel from the shambles has brought back to the comfortless thousands of French troops rescued behind which the Allied "suicide" rear-guard is Dunkirk in addition to "tens or of Flanders in order to create a shield of fire

holding off overwhelming divisions of Germans from the jumping-off points. ARMADA OF SHIPS TO RESCUE

and horrific plclure of modern war- fare something of the nobility of classic heroism."

Nazis Report

by British warships,

Quarters close to the Government

reported to-day that about 300,000 British and French troops of the "lost armies" have reached England from] BERLIN, June 2 (Reuter)-To-Dunkirk and that the evacuations are day's communique states "that the air at!ll continuing. forced combated the attempts of the remnant of the defeated B.EF. 10 Must Make Good Our Losses escape to ships sailing off Dunkirk.

Mr. Eden told the British people in "Four warships and 11 transports aggregating 54,000 tone, were sunk. his broadcast that they must "work

as never before." Fourteen warships, namely, two cruisers, two light cruisers, one anti- aircraft cruiser, six destroyars, two torpedo boats, and one speed-bout as well as 38 merchantmen were damaged by bomb hits.

"Many boats; barges and capsized and troop concentrations on the Dunkirk beaches were effectively bombed.

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"We much make good our losses, and win this war," he said.

Then, to bath American and British:

Hateners he said: "Brave hearts alone cannot stand up against cold steel. We need more planes, more lanks. tugs

wore guns,

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FLASHBACK TO NORWAY

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

Turkish Premier's Warning To People

MEDITERRANEAN CRISIS THOUGHT TO BE AT HAND.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, June 2: (UP)--Both Britain and France are steeled for another lightning Totalitarian blow.

It is felt certain that the Totalitarians will strike quickly in the hope of achieving victory before the Allies can recover from the Flanders disaster.

It is believed in London that Italy will plunge into the war

as the new German blow is delivered.

Italy's entry into the war on Hitler's side ls regarded in London to-night as being inevitable—perhaps only a question of : of Flanders draws to aa few hours or a few days.

a-balance sheet which gives an approximate idea of the price Germany has paid for Flanders.

Massed artillery fire from shore and from warships off-shore memorable close, to strike

the remaining twelve have created a barrage of shells along miles of roads around the seaport.

Back and forth between Dunkirk, Dover and other British ports, an armada of every conceivable type of vessel even the old paddle-wheel excursion steamers have joined in the rescue operations-has ferried by day and by night to British, French, Belglan and Dutch armies. THE SECOND CORUNNA

evacuate

the i

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

He described the rescue of the B.E.F. had succeeded by sheer "A German speed-boat torpedoed bravery against enormous odds in ac- and sank a heavily-laden transport of complishing "what four days ago not 4,000 tons.

one of us dared to hope for."

Already the defence Dunkirk has been written in history as dotachments attackexi

"the second Corunna", because it parallels Sir John Moore's "Air force

Another Sido To Picture for the first time the port of Mar-

famous stand at that Spanish port in January, 1809 with on- sellies, set fire to two large merchant- LONDON, June 2 (Reuter)-Mr. other British Expeditionary Force, after a terrible retreat in men, and damaged the Lyons Eden referring to the great battle of Marseilles rallway line at several the ports which has been ruging for mid-winter over the snowbound mountains of Galicia. points.

tho past

three weeks, said:

German pressure on the be near Liege are still battling their way The enemy lost 38 alperaft on Jung 1, and we have 15 missing.

gain and the loss to us in sieged camp at Dunkirk has towards the coast.

Several email units of this army "German Alpine troops advancing equipment and material has

been lessened greatly to-day, despite arrived to-day. north from Trondheim took Bodos heavy. But there is now another the arrival of 15 fresh German on June 1 and captured British side to this picture. The bulk of the divisions, and despite the mass. battery."

B.EF. has been saved and quite apart; The Navy's Relo

from what the French have done foring of long-range artillery near LONDON, June 2 (Reuter)-The their own forces, we have been able the Flanders hills. Navy's role in the retreat_from|to bring tens of thousands of our Artillery Rakes Boaches

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CENTENARY STAMPS DUE IN OCTOBER

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The first consignments of the special Hongkong centenary stamps are expected to reach the colony from England at the end of October, said the Postmaster General, Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, to-day.

With this artillery the Germans are raking the beaches around Dunkirk lin search of the Allied troops massed In the sand dunes, still pallently Awalling their turn to board the ferry fleet.

Half a million fresh German troops thrown into the closing phase of the Battle of Flanders failed to prevent General Blanchard from despatching tens of thousands of men to England to-day and by nightfall a large part: of the Allied armies of the north had already reached safety-ncross the Channel:-

No detalls about the true will be kong and largely prepared for engrav- Dunkirk in zuli haing helt because": released until the stamps have been ing in the Colony. Only the en- General Prloux's armoured divisions approved by the Colonial Office... graving and printing will be done in which broke through the Naal cordon

The stamps were designed in Hong-l England,

French Escaping

In 23 days, Germany has lost nearly 600,000 men in casualties. Three-fifths of her total re- serves of heavy tanks have been destroyed;

More than half her light tanks and other armoured mechanical equipment have been lost;

2,000-Planos Lost

The RAF, French, Belgian and Dutch air forces and A.A. divisions have brought down over 2,000 frst Ino plaries French estimates even place the German losses at 3,000 planes, or approximately fifty per cent. of Goeting's effective first line strength.

The Frenchmen are fighting their Six thousand German pilots and way to the coast in small squares observers have been killed, captured composed of tanks inside which the or wounded, Infantrymen and their supply On the other side of the ledger the considerable Allies columns are sheltered.

have lost Repeated German attempis me quantity of tanks and other equip- made to break their squares but ment in the retreat from Belglumn, each attempt is repulsed and the and the Germans liave captured a fow

thousand prisoners, cumbersome bodies of men

But the Allied air losses have been employing the type of defence at a minimum compared with the which shaltered Napoleon

and, as a result, Ger- German losses Waterloo over a céntury RgO==420]

radually drawing sacer to Dan-many's numerical superiority in the

air has been gravely compromised, "

Germany's air lottes have been Only one of General: Prioux's nearly triplo her maximum produce armoured divisions la unaccounted ton capacity for a month. for and there is still no news of the The Allied air losses have been General himself.

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kirk,

Turkey Prepares

By HUGO SPACK (UNITED PRESS" STAFF CORRESPONDENT)

ISTANBUL, June 2 (UF),—Turkey is quietly preparing for the worse,

Many government circles in Ankara and the conniry's Gutstanding Journalista belleve it is only a matter of time before the war will spread to the Mediterranenri,

Turkey, In such an event, will in all probability be involved.

Every move and every gesture in Italy being elasely watched, and the newspapers are giving the greatest prominence to all reports from home. An Influential Turk has offered a correspondent ten to one odds that Italy will enter the war before June 10, and is also willing to offer odds that Turkey will be drawn in.

Under the terms of the Anglo- French-Turkiah Treaty, Turkey agrees, under Article II, "in the event of an act of aggression com mitted by a European Power and leading to war in the Mediterranean zona in which France and 'Britain shall be implicated, Turkey, will effectively co-operate with France and the United Kingdom and will lend them all the ald and assistance in her power."

In the event of Italian aggression, therefore, Turkey is bound to lend all possible, aid.

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People Warnod ISTANBUL, June 2 (UP)--The Premier, M. Saydam, warned the Turkish people—in an obvious refer- ence to the Italian preparations for war that they may be compelled to "take up arms" at any moment to defend themselves from attack, but

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