London, May 20, he Allied Navies andthe Royal [Alc Force today' moved swiftly in a Gesporate effort to rescue the battered. Ermies in Flanders whose tale was fectering on tne brink of the English Channel.
Under the screen of an intense curtain of fire by ong range naval {uns and bombing by the RA, the British Expeditionary Forces "w: backing out through the Dunkirk are The British soldiers wore pressed by German forces who were reckless their onslaught fo cut off the evacuation of the British, The Ger~
tensity that they were reaching over fan attacks grew 10 such a stage of the channel as German. bombers Fonred high over the area and drop-peda continual rain of bombs on [Allied troops, warships and even hospital ships.
Stubbornly Aghting toward Dunkirk inch by Inch, British and French forces were heroically shielding the British Navy's evacuation of. their wounded comrades.
White navat guns pounded the back areas ashore and" RAF, planes hovered overhead, British "nav Engineers "were holding the quays fang harbour works against. terrific German ait attacks.
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