"I am sure I speak for all when I say that we are ready to face it, endure it and retaliate against it to any extent that the unwritten laws of war permit, There will be many men and women in this island who, when the ordeal comes upon them, as come it will, will feel comfort and even pride that they are sharing the perils of our lads at the front—soldiers, sailors and airmen, God bless them—and are drawing away from them, in part at least, of the onslaught they have to hi Is not this the appointed time for all to make the utmost exertion in their power? If the battle is to be won, we must provide our men with ever-increasing quantities of weapons and the ammunition they need.
"We must have, and have quickly, more aeroplanes, tanks, shells, guns—there is an imperious need for these vital ammunitions. They increase our strength against the powerfully armed enemy, and replace wastage of the obstinate struggle, and the knowledge that the wastage will be speedily replaced enables us to draw more readily upon reserves and throw them in now when ¢verything means sri much, "Our task is not only to win the battle, but win the war. After this battle in France abates its force, there will come the battle for our island, for all that Britain is and all that Britain means. That will be the struggle.
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