Paris, June 5.
A French Admiralty communique states "The port of Dunkirk has been rendered unusable." Throughout the operations in Dunkirk, the French Navy lost seven destroyers, and a supply ship, The crews of most were saved, About 300 French warships, and merchant ships of various sizes, with 200 smaller boats, as well as numerous formations of the Naval Air Arm, took part in the Dunkirk operation. Other ships than those mentioned were damaged, but some of them have already put out to sea again.
The communique says that the final embarkation took place in good order. It states that Admiral Abrial was the last to leave, He left the port at 7 a.m, yesterday morning—Reuter,
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