Allied bombing of the German rear, in an effort to cover the with. drawal of the BEF. was expected to continue throughout the night last night, The Air Ministry announced that British planes had been bomb-railway lines just behind the German front for the past 4B hours.
Heavy British bombers, the announcement said, also " attacked German military objectives at} Dusseldorf, Duisberg, Dortmund, Hamburg. Bremen and Cologne, The Royal Air Force, the announcement added, destroyed or badly damaged 105 German planes yesterday, Mr, Duff Cooper, announcing that the BEF. had been ordered retreat, praised the performance British troops in France and Bel-glum during the German offensive, He emphasized that the BEF. was not a defeated army, He said the German army had never driven the BEL, back in battle, Every time our troops have been ordered to counter-attack, they have done so with success," he adele" Meanwhile, the British press con tinued its warnings to the public to be ready 0 receive news that the greater part of the B.E, F, had been. fast, The British press" virtually conceded victory to the Germans in the Batlle of Flanders but. em= phasized that the outcome of this battle would not settle the outcome of the war,
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