"No offer or man, no brigade or division, which "grapples at close quarters with the enemy wherever encountered, can fail fo make a worthy contribution to general re. sults." Armies must castaway the idea of resisting an attack behind conerete lines of natural obstacles. and must realize that mastery can only be regained by a furious, unrelenting assault, "And. this spirit must not only animate the high command, but must inspire every fighting man. In the air, even at serious odds, even at odds hitherto thought overwhelming, we have been clawing down three or four to one of our enemies, and the relative balance of the British and German alr force is now considerably more favourable to-us than at the beginning of the wax.
"in cutting down German bombers, we have been fighting our own [battles as well as those of France. My confidence in our ability to ght it out to the nish with German air force has been strengthened by the force encounters which have taken [place and are taking place.
"at the same time our heavy bombers are striking at the tap root of German mechanized power, and Ihave already inflicted serious damage upon all refineries upon which the Nazi effort to dominate the world directly depends, We must expect that as soon a9 stability has been reached on the Western Front, the bulk of that force which gushed Holland into ruin and smoke in a few days will be turned upon us.
Battle for Britain am sure I speak for all when 1 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 worsen 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 jour Inds at the front—soldiers, sailors and airmen, God bless them—and are [drawing away from them, In part at eas, of the onslaught they have to year, "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 fand 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' the readily upon reserves and throw them
much. fu now when everything means 20 "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
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