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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Latest Details of Epic Dunkirk Struggle

OFFICIAL

STORY

OF EVACUATION

LONDON, June 31 .....................................................................***į vonséla prranged in the operation, 24

(Reuter). An Admiralty Anti-Nazi

communique issued to-day

states that the most exten- Feeling Rises

sive and difficult operation

in naval history was carried In America

out during the past week.

"British, French and Belgian troops," continues the com- munique, "have been brought back safely to this country from Belgium and northern France in a number which, when the full story is told, will surprise the: world.

"The withdrawal has been carried out in the face of an almost con- tinuous air attack, increasing artillery and machine-gun fire.

Nover-Flagging Courage

"The success of the operation was only made possible by the close co- operation of the Allies and the Ser- vices and by licTM ever-tagging determination and courage concerned.

of all

"It was undertaken on the British side by several flotillas of destroyers and a Isrge number of small craft of every description.

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WASHINGTON, Jane (Reuter) As the find move In giving active ald to the Allies, the United States should Hever diplomatic relations with Germany, declared Benator White, Republican Member of the Foreign Relations-Com- mittee, in an interview lo-duy.

"The Germans are not serving any useful purpose except the functions they perform for their own Government," he Blated.

"We ought to send them back to Berlin. If the Italians enter the war we ought to send them home too."

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ery fire and incessant air attacks.

A military spokesinan salt to-day "This force was rapidly increased that the Germans seem to be. at- and u total of 223 British naval tempting a mass concentration of fire vessels and 605 other British craft frain long-range artillery bombera and boats took part in the operation, with the object of demoralising the These ligures do not include the defenders of Dunkirk as well as the large numbers of Erench mavult and men-where-waiting to be taken merchant ship which also played a part in the operation.

"The rapl assembly of Over 4001 small crait of all types was carried out by volunteers.

Magnificent And Tireless "These showed a magnificent and tireless spirit. Fishermen, yachts- men, yacht builders, members of yacht clubs, river boatmen and boat- building firms manned their crafts with volunteer crews and pushed them to the assembly point. They did not then knus; for what purpose they were required.

olf.

Hugo Air Lossos

have been lost."

Only Three Miles Away DPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPН" LONDON, June 3' (UP)-British soldiers arriving at a south-east port to-day assert that the German lines at Dunkirk are now only three miles from the beach where the men em- barked.

the

"The French are attacking Germans magnificently," the men de- cinred.

Gorman Admission

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“. BERLIN, June 3 (UP).The Ger- man High Command communique, issued to-night, admits that continued German assaults have failed to dis- lodge the

strongly fighting British and French troops who are holding the area around Dunkirk.

und

makes the

-un-

The commission that the Germon

paralleled

action is making "slow · progres9". All the signs yesterday were that the Germans hoped be able to an- nounce that Dunkirk had fallen to- day.

The Germans now contradict their earlier claims that 1,000,000 British, | French and Belgian prisoners had been captured in the Battle of Flanders and state to-day that 350,- 000 prisoners have been taken.

Evacuation Continues LONDON, June 3. (Reuler) —The evacuation from Flanders continues.

Many thousands more of French soldiers, red but still full of fight, landed at a souurferst coast port to=" i day.

The help given by the inhabitants providing They are keeping this up despite of the coastal town in their huge losses, On Saturday rations for the landing troops has and Sunday alone. itir Tosses been acknowledged by a message of amounted to 119 German planes gratitude from Lord Gort.

Nazis Still Attacking destroyed damaged over Dun-:

or

PARIS, June 3 (Reuter).

Kirk

It is

In y case, said the spokesman, staled here to-night that in the past es laeties were not surecssful as 24 hours the Germans were attacking the troops were used to bombing, the fortifications around Dunkirk at even dive bombing. They lake to all points,

the shelter of the dunes whose slopes; On Sunday they were repulsed shield them from bomb splinters everywhere. To-day they made only

the bombs.

"They operate‹f successfully by day while the sand deacions the effect ott slight progress, suffering enormous

and right under the most dimcult and dangerous conditions..

"The Admiralty cannot speak tou highly of the services cerned.

of all con-

"They were essential to the success of the operation and were the means of saving thousands of yes,

The Navy's Big Part

"The withdrawal was carried out from Durk and from the beaches

in the vicinity of the town.

by sea.

been

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The Germans are also attacking) transports off Dunkirk with motor

which beats

one torpedo. These treties are also meeting with Bttle success. The RAF., with bases in England only a few ininuter away, huve sunk several motor-boats, sometimes by machine-gun fire.

tack,

Triumph For Allios

losses.

June 4, 1940.:

ZEEBRUGGE IN LAST WAR

The

Zeebruggo after the famous raid in the last war. block ship Thetis is not the mouth of the Channel, which has again been blocked. (See story below)

DUNKIRK Famous Epic Of Last

STREETS CHOKED WITH DEAD

Zeebrugge Blocked

It was added that nothing could be "Zeebrugge lias in-

been blocked said about the Sommerfront.

A French woman who landed with by the sinking of cqucrete-filled block ships. The sea gates of the the French troops from Dunkirk this canal and the lock working the afternoon, told pressmen that the mechanism have been demolished, dead in the streets of Dunkirk could The lock gates have been blocked, not be removed. "Other ports now in enemy hands

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June 4, 1930, The Hongkong dollar to-day reached a now low record, the official rate an open- Ing. both for T.T. and demand, being la ad. nominal. Business, however, has [been dogo much lower than that, at least

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An interesting rowing match, in rix-jone bullion broker having toado a tran- eared inrigged gigs, between crown re-action at is. 244d. presenting ia Royal Engineers and If.M.S. Muline respectively, was brought to an

June 4, 1035. issue this afternoon. The course wat one

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The names of severai llongkong re- sidents appear in the King's Birthday Honours List, according to a ficuter mea- (sage to hand this morning, the decara- June 4, 1915-tlana-compring-a-nighthood, a COLE, Yesterday we progreased In the region iwo 0...'s and an 1.6.0.

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"Nor was the weather entirely in

LONDON, June 3 (UP)-The famous attack on Zeebrugge two "The whole operation was screen-Invour of the operation. On

in April, 1918 by H.M.S. Vindictive and other units of the Royal fresh north-westerly wind ed by naval forces against any at-dayn, a

interference raised a surf which made work at the

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Navy was recalled to-day by an official announcement stating tempt by the enemy

beaches slow and difficult. Only on

LONDON, June 3 (UP).that the famous harbour had again been blocked by the sinking mit curtail "In addition to almost incessant one afternoon dld the

Military sources here to-day of block ships filled with concrete. bombing and machine-gun attacks Trey air activity.

"A withdrawal of this nature and said they were unable to No details are given in the| on Dunkirk, the beaches and vessels

in face operating of them, the part of Dun-magnitude, carried out

of amplify Mr. Anthony Eden's official Admiralty announcement,THE EVACUATION kirk and the shipping plying to and intense and almost continuous air at announcement that four-fifths of

Zeebrugge has been in German is the most hazardous of all the British Expeditionary Force hands for over a week. fro were under frequent sheli fire.

"This was to some extent checked operations.

"It is a triumph of Allied sea and have been evacuated from Flan- by the bombardment of enemy artil

as a submarine base by the enemy. iery positions by-our-naval-forces,air power in face of the most power-ders.

"The operations are still proceed-The daring attack on the mole wan "The naval bombardment also pro-ful air forces which the enemy could tected the danks of the withdrawal. bring to bear from air bases close at ing, and the less sald the better," he launched on April 24, 1918 by a small-

asserted.

squadron led by H.M.S. Vindictive, "The enemy were active with sub-hand. marines and high-speed motor tor-

under the command of Admiral Sir pedo host Losses have

Roger-Keyes who, by a strange coin- cidence, was liaison oficer will King nflicted upon both these forces

at Arros, carrying a fortiäed mill and His Honour the Chief Justler becomes "The operation was rendered more

Leopold of the Belgians in the cur- difficult by the shallow water, nar-

rent war until the Belgian monarch LONDON, June 3 (Reuter).-nto some teenelten. Northward of Artan Sir Atholl MacGregor on being created a to-day, we entered a thicket and engaged Knight Bachelor; the Hon. Dr. S. W. TO row channels and strong lides. The

capitulated.

Another coincidence is that one of It is stated in authoritative in violent fighting, which turned out to in made a Commander of the Order of our advantage. We captured a German the British Empire: the Hon. Mr. J. P. altuution was such that one mistake

that no further work at Notre Dame de Lorette.

Brago. Unofficial member of the Legis- in the hulling of the ships might

Fative Council. and Mr. J. V. FrRAŠKA, the old ships used in the blocking Circles here

is available with

Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, receive have blocked a vital channel or that

operations in the last war was HM.S.information

The Admiralty announce that Zeppelins the O.B.E. decorations; whist Mir. A. M. part of the port of Dunkirk which

Thetls, predecessor of the il-fated regard to the evacuation of the were seen near Ramsgate and Brentwoorde Souza, of the Treasury, is awarded would be used."

submarine which sunk before the British Expeditionary Force and certain outlying, districts of the the Imperial Service Order.

metropolitan area late last night. During Other For Fastern honours include a present war.

the raid shant 10 bombs were dropped cn.E, décoration for Mr. A. B. Black- In addition to blocking the entrance from Flanders..

in various localities not far distant from burn. Consul at Shanghai, nu ODE. for to Zeebrugge, the Admiralty on- The latest Information was given

each other. A number of fires broke out, Mr. W. S. Taller, Consul at Tengyuch, ounces that other Belgian ports in in Mr. Anthony Eden's statement fans only tree of whey were lares en n .D.E. for Quartermaster Sergeant T. Rose of the Shanghal Volunteer enemy hands have been rendered night. He then said that four-fiths to require the services of fire engines.

All fires were promptly and effectively Force. of the B.E.E. had been saved.

dealt with, only one necessitating a dis- useless.

Operations are all going on and

trict call. They were all caused by in- Determined not to be a violated Bel-

buildingg pubile the Prime Minister is expected to cendiary bombs. No

were damaged, though

glum, at the "next war", thrifty Uitlo number of Switzerland will spend nearly $40,000,000 af make statement in the Ilouse

private premises were damaged by to bring its armament up to date. And Commons to-morrow afternoon, and Water. The casualues are amali ant the people. In a natton wide referendum Large number of French troops, so far as has been ascertained cons have approved a decided extension in the

ane Infant, one boy, a man and a woman length of military service every young.. as well as British troops, have been

while another woman, was so seriously: evacuated. Some have been evacuat-injured that her life in despaired of. A Swiss has to undergo. ed by the British Navy to Britain. few other private citizens were seriously and others by the French Navy to Injured: the preciso numbers have not

bern steertained. France,

Nazis Thwarted LONDON, June 3 (Reuter).The Germans have not continued the land attack on Dunkirk

In Waves Of 30 Planes

have given up the idea of trying to nounced on May 30. The destroyers 15 days and were fed mainly by the

have been rendered virtually Lise- She declared that incendiary bombs less.

were responsible for most of the Fuel stocks have been destroyed. damage.

Small LossC

"One day the German planes flew "The losses sustained by our naval over in waves of 30 and attacked us ferees have been comparatively email. for ten minutes", she said. The loss of the destroyers Grafton, "A church was the first building to

anbe destroyed at Malo les Bains. For the moment, they appear to Grenade and Wakefield was

"Civilians were without bread for Dasillak, Keith and Havant also have force the main defence,

British troops." Instead they are trying to hinder been sunk by enemy action. the evacuation by long-range arti "Of more thon 170 Iminor

War

INTENSIVE DAMAGE BY R.A.F. RAIDS

LONDON, June 3 (British Wireless)-Marshalling yards were bombed, oil tank waggons were set alight and troop convo. ys were machine-gunned by low-flying, bombers in the course of Sunday night's extensive raids over north-west Germany.

At Soest, an important rail At Rotterdam aerodrome group' way junction to the cast of Dort of buildings which had survived earlier Allled bombardment was mund, a line of high explosive straddled by a salve of heavy calibre bombs fell across the centre of bombs.

to

Impossible To Estimate

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" -LONDON, -- June 3 (UP)-Comi- menting on the German claim that 330,000 British and French troops have been captured, milltary quarters. in London declare that both the Ger- mans and Allies have insufficient in- formation for serious estimates.

The King's Admiration

Famous Rearguard Action Praised

Suez Canal

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