"The major operation is thus over. Night by night at the War Office we have waited for tidings of the arrival of convoys. These have averaged three per night.
"There is no need for further silence, and a body of war correspondents has just arrived in France with the object of keeping us all informed of day-to-day impressions and happenings.
"A small body of specially selected officers in the War Office secretly worked out every detail of this plan ior moving the army and the Royal Air Force to France. The expeditionary force has been transported to France intact, without casualty to any of its personnel."
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