June 1.
Thousands of additional British troops from the Battle of Flanders landed throughout the day here yesterday after escaping hundreds of bombs directed at British evacuation ships by huge squadrons of German bombers. Among the troops arriving yesterday were many soldiers who had been fighting on the front lines the previous night.
The returning soldiers were carried in all classes of ships. Young and old merchant marine sailors manned every variety of boat, including barges, tugs and paddle steamers to assist in the evacuation of northern France and Belgium.
The evacuation boats have been going back and forth between Dunkirk and the south-east coast of England almost continuously, although many of them were bombed and straffed without respite for hours at a time.
ne crew made four trips to Dunkirk in the past 24 hours,
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