Paris, May 29.
Determined French troops. eon-Linued to Hold Dunkirk against.constant aerial and artillery. bombardment by the Germans while Allied ULS.S.R. Again Warns Italy Bucharest, May 29.
The Soviet Government again has warned Italy of its intention to defend the Balkans against any possible Ttalian moves in south-eastern Europe.—Domei. forces in the north were showing "admirable valour" in elfecking the furiously desperate German on. slaughts, military sources disclosed today.
The position of the Allies was critical "but they were heroically struggling to escape encirclement. they said, The tricolour continued 10 fly over Dunkirk as French troops grimly sought to stave off Germ: Srives against the Channel port, the military authorities said. There were also, some French detachments still Inside Calais, they said.
The French High Command said that the Allies were resisting German attacks inthe north and had gained local successes in the /Somme and Aisne sectors. A German Fald was repulsed fu the south-west, the High Command added.
The Anglo-French northern armies retreating to new positions fought furious rearguard actions throughout the night, military sources disclosed.
The Allied army of the north wi retreat towards the sea last night Vehind an serial bomb curtain. laid down by Allied planes after King Leopold of the Belgians had sur—rendered to Germany, leaving 400,000] British and French. troops - trapped! in a German ring of sted, French milliary quarters reported that Allied air forces were furious-_ ly bombing the rear of the German ines "in a desperate effort to protect the retreat of the Allied army.
'Meanwhile, French quarters mitted that '900,000 Belgians were in the army which King' Leopold ordered to surrender, Earlier French Statements placed the number of Belgians at 300,000, OMcials here! emphasized that many Belgian troops were expected to" ignore their King's order and continue fighting, 'Most of the Belgian front, however, has been quiet since 4 aim, yesterday when the Belgin King surrendered, Germah motorized troops "fester terday pushed into the breach in the left' flank of the Allied Army which was caused by the Belgian Army's defection, Up to last. night, however, the Germans had tailed encircle the Allied armies of the north completely.
The armies of the north, under General Georges Maurice Blanchard, were halted in the middle of an} offensive aimed at liberating them. selves from the German ring at Belgian Position Today Explained Paris, May 29, The Belgian Foreign Minister, M. Paul-Henri Spaak, in an exclusive JJnterview with the United Press last ight, said King Leopold, King of the Belgians, had decided last Saturday to order the Belgian armies, in his role of commander-in-chief, to cease 'M, Spaak said that after a stormy scene with the King, four members for the Belgian Cabinet—The Premier, MI. Hubert Pierlot, the Minister of National Defence, 'Lieut.-Gen. Henri Denis, the Minisier of the Interior, M.A! Vanderpoorten, and M. Spaak—qult the Wynondal Castle, near Thorout, Belgium, declaring' their complete, discord with the King's de-[sire to surrender unconditionally and proclaimed their intention to continue the war against Germany.
'As far' as the Cabinet knows, M. Spank said, King Leopold is still'tree and is not a prisoner of the Germans, But they had had no word from him since Saturday at am. he said. At that time he invited the ministers to remain with him and proclaimed his intention to stay in Belgium, regard less of what happened, The King gave his Cabinet to under~ stand that In surrendering he would ask the privilege of residing at Beliian castle near the coast.
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